Thank you, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to you, Minister, and to your officials for taking time out of your busy schedules to meet with us. We certainly appreciate it.
Minister, Bill S-8, the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act, is crucial to ensuring that first nations have the same health and safety protections concerning drinking water and waste water treatment that are currently in place for other Canadians. Can you expand on this? I know you touched on it in your remarks, but will first nations be involved in the development and implementation of the regulations?