Well, on the development of the action plan, we started as soon as the bill was passed; however, the pandemic didn't help matters in the past year. We've nearly completed the action plan. The alignment of laws is really what we're working on right now, especially on child welfare.
One of the bills we worked on—that I worked on and was a lead on—was the environmental assessment bill, where the amendments were made that allowed for first nations to implement their own environmental assessment process. We need that law to align with UNDRIP, where we can get to free, prior and informed consent and make decisions together.
My background is forestry. I'm a former registered professional forester. We've been working on the Forest and Range Practices Act and a number of acts out there that currently are in development for amendments with regard to the province's acts, such as the Police Act, where we fully well know that indigenous people need to be a part of that discussion.
Perhaps moving forward we need to look at the health act here in this province. This pandemic showed us the shortfalls of society and how governments really treat indigenous peoples in this country and in this province.