I'd like to welcome Professor Naiomi Metallic of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University; Mr. Garry Bailey, president of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation; and Ms. Sarah Silva, CEO of the Hiyam Housing Society of the Squamish Nation.
Welcome today. I will just remind you that you may speak in the official language of your choice. We have interpretation services in English, French and Inuktitut. Please be patient with the interpretation. Sometimes it takes a while to come through. 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'll stop the proceedings so that we can correct that.
With that, I would like to invite our first speaker, Professor Naiomi Metallic, to take the microphone for a statement.
You have five minutes, Professor.