I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to the 12th meeting of this committee on indigenous and northern affairs. We're gathered here today on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people.
Today, we continue our study on the effects of the housing shortage on Canada's indigenous peoples.
Today we will be hearing from president Eva Clayton from the Nisga'a Lisims Government, as well as from councillor Alvina Paul from the Sechelt Indian Band.
The second half of our meeting will be dedicated to considering the draft of our first report on barriers to indigenous economic development, followed by a brief discussion of committee business.
I would like to remind everyone of the Board of Internal Economy's requirements with respect to physical distancing and masking.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules that we follow.
Members or witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services in English, French and Inuktitut are available for the first part of today's meeting. Please be patient with the interpretation. In some cases, there's a delay because they have to go from Inuktitut into English, and then translate from English into French if somebody wants to listen in French, and vice versa. The interpretation button is found at the bottom of your screen for English, French or Inuktitut. If interpretation is lost, please inform me immediately and we will stop things until we fix them.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly. When you are not speaking, your microphone should be on mute. I would remind you that all comments should be addressed through the chair.
Our two guests will each have five minutes to speak, and then we will proceed with a first round of questions.
With that, I would now like to invite President Clayton to start us off.
President Clayton, you have five minutes.