Colleagues, I call the meeting to order.
This is the 49th meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Today we continue our study on Bill C-27.
Today we have officials from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. We have Ms. Kustra, Mr. Jacques, and Mr. Francis.
Thank you for joining us again. We appreciate your willingness to come.
We are going to turn it over to you for your opening statements, after which we will turn it over to our colleagues for questions. Thanks so much again for being here and for taking this time out of your day.
We'll listen to your opening statements, and then I'm certain there will be questions.