I call the meeting to order.
We have quorum. We are able to move ahead. We have witnesses ready.
I start, of course, by acknowledging that in Ottawa, we meet on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin people. All of us in our own territories will have other acknowledgements. In my case, I'm on the Haudenosaunee, Anishinabe and Chonnonton first nations' traditional territories.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on April 29, 2021, the committee is continuing its study of enforcement on first nations reserves.
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Pursuant to the motion adopted on March 9, 2021, I must inform the committee that Connie Lazore, Reginald Bellerose and Deborah Doss-Cody did not complete the technical pretest.
With that, we move now to the group of witnesses.
We have Brooks Arcand-Paul on behalf of the Indigenous Bar Association in Canada.