Thank you for that very interesting statement.
I am going to start with Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.
Thank you to both of you for being here today.
One of the things you said really resonated with me. You said that this is constitutionally overdue. What we've heard from other witnesses is that often indigenous children, both on and off reserve, are like a hot potato that people are passing around because nobody wants to take responsibility, and that this bill actually allows for more jurisdiction and responsibility to be placed on the federal government.
I'm just wondering, with all of those comments I've made, if you could just talk about why this is constitutionally overdue and how this would address the jurisdiction so that our children aren't passed around like hot potatoes. Is there anything missing in this legislation that could prevent that?