Thank you, Chief.
I have the honour of not only speaking to you from the headquarters of Nishnawbe Aski Police Service in Thunder Bay, but I acknowledge that I do so in the traditional territory of Fort William First Nation, a treaty partner of the Robinson-Huron Treaty. As well, I simply acknowledge how fortunate and honoured we are, as a law firm, to act for the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.
I have been party to commentary by many from Canada, and when I say “Canada”, that's the Canadian federal government, many from the provincial Government of Ontario, all tripartite partners with NAPS. As we work our way through difficult negotiations, they routinely observe NAPS' very credible standing as a police service, in fact, one of the top indigenous police services, if not police services, in this country.
That said, we sent some materials that would have been distributed to each committee member in the last 20 minutes. There should have been three attachments, three PDFs. One of them is a PowerPoint, and I would simply ask you to open that up. There are a few slides. Uncharacteristic of a lawyer, I'm going to try not to inundate you with materials, but I think I can whip through these slides pretty quickly and make the point that Chief Morrison asked me to make.
Do folks have access to their email, and in particular, the PowerPoint? It's a PDF that my associate, Shelby Percival, would have sent you. Is that something that people have access to?