Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being here. We appreciate it. We're studying a very important bill that tries to make progress on the issue of Canada's handling of indigenous child and family services systems. The statistics indicate that we're doing a bad job, and we're looking to try to make things better, so your advice is very important.
Before we get started, we recognize that we're on the unceded territory of the Algonquin people, not just as a formality or just in somebody's speech, but as an opportunity for all of us, particularly in this committee, and for all Canadians—as we're televised—to think about it. Whether you know an indigenous family or are a settler family, I encourage you to think about Canada's history and understand the truth. As we all move forward in reconciliation, it's one of the most important things that we can do as a nation, and it is urgent.
Thank you so much for coming. You typically have up to 10 minutes. If you take less time than that, you get a reward. I'll give you a signal when we're getting close to the end of your time. After we hear from every group, we'll go into questions from the members.
We're going to begin with the First Nations Summit and Grand Chief Edward John and Cheryl Casimer.
Welcome. When you're ready, we can start.