Good morning, everyone. We are here at the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of the Parliament of Canada on the unceded territory of the Algonquin people. We are in our third panel for today.
We are honoured to have before us the Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. We are also honoured to have, as an individual, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who is Director of the Indian Residential School Centre for History and Dialogue and a professor at the Allard School of Law, UBC.
Welcome to both of you. You will have up to 10 minutes each and after that we'll have an opportunity for MPs to ask questions.
Grand Chief, you may begin any time that you're ready.