Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the officials for being here to talk about this important topic of Bill C-61.
I just want to start off the top—and whoever wants to answer, please jump in—that there has been a lot of discussion about this legislation as being co-developed. The government has used that phrase. We've also seen in media and in comments beyond that that many first nations did not feel adequately consulted in the lead-up to this legislation.
I'm just wondering if you could speak to the consultation process that was undertaken to get to this point.