Colleagues, I call today's meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 124 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
As always, I want to start by recognizing that we are gathered on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Algonquin Anishinabe peoples and to express gratitude that we're able to do the important work of this committee on lands that they've stewarded since time immemorial.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the committee is commencing consideration of Bill S-16, an act respecting the recognition of the Haida Nation and the Council of the Haida Nation.
Before going any further, I want to deal with a quick part of committee business, and that's approving the budgets both for this study and for the meeting that we're going to have next week with the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. These budgets were circulated in advance.
I just want to confirm that everybody is in favour of approving these budgets.