Thank you, Chair.
I did receive that information, and it raised more questions for me, knowing, for example, that Canada has a fiduciary duty to first nations. Because of that fiduciary duty, they have a legal obligation, for example, to act in the best interest of first nations. The Crown should act in the best interest of indigenous people. The Crown must act with honour, integrity, good faith and fairness. It acknowledges that there's a special relationship, and that fiduciary duty should have the foundation of ensuring that there is work towards reconciliation. Knowing that Canada has this fiduciary duty, my question to the witnesses is, does “best efforts” not lower the standards of its fiduciary duty to first nations?