Thank you, Chair, and let me welcome the panel with us this morning. We're pleased you're able to take some time to share your thoughts with us on this legislation. We appreciate your work on it. Two years is a long time to be whacking away at anything, and you've come up with what we feel is a very strong piece of legislation.
We have some questions for you around the legislation. Some stakeholders have questioned the need for a surface rights board at this time, given that the land access disputes have been resolved satisfactorily for years in the Northwest Territories. Could the panel please help clarify why the establishment of a Northwest Territories surface rights board is needed now?