I'm going to call to order the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Colleagues, we want to get started right away.
Witnesses and visitors, we do apologize, but we were caught off guard with some votes this morning. We apologize for the delay, but we're going to get moving here now.
This morning, colleagues, we have witnesses from the First Nations Land Advisory Board. We have Chief Robert Louie, who is the chairman. We have Chief Austin Bear, who is the chair, finance committee and resource centre board of directors. We have Leah George-Wilson, who is a director. We have Philip Goulais around the corner here, colleagues, if you can't see his name tag, and he is a director. We have Jody Wilson-Raybould, regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Thank you so much for coming today. We do appreciate that you've taken the time to join us.
I believe, Chief Louie, you were going to start with a presentation.
Colleagues, I should just let you know that I had the opportunity to meet Chief Louie in his community this summer. It's a remarkable community and one that I would recommend committee members at some point, if they are in the vicinity, to visit. I appreciate the time we were able to spend together. It's a remarkable story of success of not only economic development, but also the preservation of a culture and of a community.
Thank you for that tour; I'll publicly say that.
Thank you for coming. Please, bring forward the testimony and then we'll have some questions for you.