Colleagues, I will call this meeting to order. We have delayed starting because we're looking for one witness who was intending to be here. Hopefully she'll show up partway through.
Colleagues, today we continue our study of Bill C-9. Today we have the privilege of having at this point two grand chiefs with us. We have Derek Nepinak, who is a grand chief, as well as Craig Makinaw.
Thank you so much for being here. We appreciate your both coming and your being willing to testify on behalf of your communities with regard to this particular piece of legislation.
What we'll do which is common to our committee is turn it over to our guests and hear from them for about 10 minutes each. Then we'll begin with rounds of questions.
To begin, we'll turn to Grand Chief Nepinak.
Again, thank you for being here. We'll turn it over to you for the next 10 minutes.