Jaime Battiste at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for the testimony, chiefs.

National Chief, it's very good to see you and hear from you today.

We've seen, throughout the history of Canada, a lot of environmental racism in terms of first nations communities being impacted by corporations, provincial orders and a lot of different things. I know some of the communities impacted by this.

I'm wondering if you could speak a little about how not only this legislation but also the environmental racism legislation we put forth can help address some of the problems that are outstanding.