Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm going to try this for our Inuit interpreter. I'm going to ensure that she has a heads-up as I'm going to practice my Inuktitut. I'm going to say qujannamiik to the committee for having me here today. It means a lot to have been a participant in this very important work and to have our wonderful witnesses here, particularly Chief Sunshine from Alberta. I'm usually outnumbered as the only Albertan in the room, but today we did it. We're maybe the majority; I don't know.
I want to continue our discussion and highlight an overview of where first nations have been on the pathway of trying to get clean water for their communities. Stephen Harper promised clean water before in an act in 2013 that passed. It was a huge class action lawsuit. One of the lawyers who is present with us today, one of the witnesses, mentioned that.
I'm stuck with this kind of paradox, this dichotomy, this tough decision that I think first nations are also dealing with, which is the decision of really bad legislation under the Conservatives and bad legislation under the Liberals. The answer is in first nations communities, not really in Ottawa, and I think you've outlined that, Chief Sunshine.
Do you want to speak to that principle about ensuring that this place recognizes first nations' jurisdiction, because so many times they've got it wrong?
Please go ahead.