Colleagues, I'm going to call this meeting to order. We're running late already and I'd like to get started.
This is the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. We have with us this morning witnesses who have already joined us. We have by video conference, Mr. Gary MacIsaac, and we have Mr. Murry Krause, who's a councillor from the City of Prince George.
My understanding, Mr. Krause, is that you have to get going, so we do apologize for our late start. We'll turn to you first to begin with your opening statement, and then we'll structure everything moving after that.