Thank you, and I'm very pleased to see some familiar faces here today.
I appreciate your testimony because sometimes what seems like a simple bill turns out to be a little more complicated, and specific words obviously really matter within the bills.
First of all, I want to pick up on National Chief St. Pierre's point about this being an important symbol, and from the comments from all the individual parties it sounds very well supported. This seems like a well-supported bill moving forward. Of course, there's some conversation around whether there should be some massaging of the actual words, and there have been a number of different iterations.
Even though the government has not implemented UNDRIP legally, they have made a commitment to the concepts of the UN declaration, which talked to the issue of free, prior and informed consent. Mr. St. Pierre and Ms. Whitman, to what degree have you been kept apprised of the various iterations and language this has taken from what was originally within the TRC?
As you can see, it's had a number of iterations. Do you believe your organization should be completely engaged and be part of giving consent to move things forward?
Maybe, Ms. Whitman and then Mr. St. Pierre, you could speak about the degree to which you have been engaged in the process, which clearly the Liberal government has said it would do.