Thanks, Madam Chair. I'd like to support my colleague's motion here for sure.
One thing I'd really like to hear about from the officials is how this got into the BIA, where it came from. It wasn't mentioned in the budget whatsoever, and so it seems to have been kind of sprung on us. I looked through the 800 pages and had a look at some of these things. They look like good pieces of legislation.
The other thing is that I haven't had a chance at all to interact with some of the first nations in my riding that this will affect. I know several of them are trying to add lands to their reserves. I wanted to know if this was going to be helpful to them. It would be nice to hear from them at this committee.
I ask my colleagues to definitely support my colleague's motion here.