Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Chief Poitras, thank you for being here today. The conversation has been very valuable.
I'm going to echo a little bit of what Mr. Powlowski said, as the second questioner today. By the time you get this deep into the lineup, it's getting difficult to come up with new and creative questions that haven't already been asked by colleagues.
I'm going to change the flavour around the education a little bit. You're probably going to say, “I've been there, done that already, Mr. Vidal”, but I'm going to hit it again anyway.
You talked about some of the good work by the treaty commissioner in Saskatchewan. I come from northern Saskatchewan, and I grew up with a lot of first nations neighbours, friends, teammates and colleagues. I worked with them in my time as mayor and whatnot. I guess where I'm coming from is that I realize that's not the case for all Canadians from coast to coast. I've had that privilege of having that experience and that relationship.
You talked a lot about education. In your opening comments, you even talked about the TRC recommendation number 93, which the education component should be part of. My comments the other day were maybe a little bit expressing frustration around the picking of number 94 and not having 93 done with it, because the education component is so important. In your opening comments, you talked about this being a symbolic component.
My question—and it's following up a little on what MP Kwan said as well—is beyond just the citizenship guide. There are many people who will never swear a citizenship oath because they were born in Canada. There are many people who are citizens of Canada who will never go through the new process that we're talking about now. It's really important that we educate those people, as well, to some of the history and relationships.
You referred to residential schools and the story about your hairdresser. I want to give you the opportunity to talk more about how we become successful at educating all Canadians, not just new citizens, about some of the history, some of the very important aspects of treaties and relationships.