Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would first like to take this opportunity to thank Jeffry Nilles for that amazing testimony.
Thank you for bringing that here. It really gives us a foundation of the work that we're about to do, so thank you for that. I really respect that hard work.
My question always come back to money. I've lived on reserve. I've been a foster parent on reserve so that we could keep our children at home. I know how hard that can be, and I know the limitations and the lack of funding. I've lived it all.
One of the things I am proposing is that in the actual legislation, we have principles of funding. We know that tying in a dollar amount does not make sense in this legislation, but what does make sense are principles. And, of course, my support for Cindy Blackstock and the Human Rights Tribunal decision and the principles within that, which I believe should be directly in this legislation.
I would like to start with Grand Chief Ed John and ask your thoughts on that, and hopefully get to a few members before we have to move on.