I believe that, like every first nation in the country, Ermineskin was contacted in 2022 and offered an initial meeting. At that meeting, it was presented to Ermineskin representatives that Canada wanted to introduce new legislation on this issue that would be driven by article 19 of UNDRIP, which requires consent. It was also presented that the bill would not only address the clean drinking water issue, but be driven by an intention to recognize first nations' water rights.
There were probably about four meetings with Canada. As Councillor Makinaw described, there was also a lot of internal work at Ermineskin between those meetings. It was quite an intensive process over two years.