I'd like to welcome our witnesses here today. Your testimony will be instrumental in our moving forward on Bill S-3.
It seems to me that the Bill S-3 consultations were very limited. Some were consulted and some were not, which poses a problem. If we want to get a real perspective of what first nations need and how they want to proceed, it seems to me that it should be coming from first nations, not from us.
If we had to change Bill S-3 to make it work, what changes are necessary so it will be all-inclusive and get rid of some of the issues we're hearing today? What changes would you like to see in Bill S-3?
We'll start with whoever wants to answer that, or I can hear from each individual witness.