Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I would like to thank the witnesses for taking time out of their busy schedules to share with us today.
I'd like to expand on Mr. Rusnak's comments about Métis settlements—that's what we call them in Alberta—which are funded in large part by the province and also partner with industry. It seems they have a lot more programming available to the people who live there. I believe we have seven settlements in Alberta, and I think it's 1.25 million acres they all encompass, so they occupy a large land mass.
Do you think it's important for the Métis people to have a land base? I know it's really important in Alberta. A lot of people tell me they feel as if they have something that's really theirs, their own community. I understand B.C. doesn't have that sort of makeup. Do you think it's important in B.C. that some sort of land base is established?