Thank you very much, Chair.
Good morning to our witnesses.
There is lots of great testimony today, and I want to start off by saying that we here on this side of the aisle do support the spirit of UNDRIP. There are a lot of good parts to it that I think will take us on the path to reconciliation and to having that important and meaningful conversation.
As many of you know, the issue we have with it, as some of you have said in your testimony, is with FPIC and the “C”, the consent, and what that means.
Maybe I'll start with the IRN. I've looked at your website, and your organization knows that there are already barriers that exist to attracting investment to your lands and to your people and that Bill C-15, without a proper definition, could add yet another barrier and potentially take away that idea of investment in jobs and opportunity in some of your communities.
Do you want to comment on that?