Thank you, Ms. Gainey. I really appreciate that.
Look, I also heard Minister Miller speak Blackfoot when we were in southern Alberta. It was very well received by that first nation.
Let me go back to the last line of questioning.
Mr. Anderson should never have applied for a federal contract through funds reserved for indigenous people. There's no scope for the company we ran to be 100% indigenous. He did that without my knowledge or consent. I found out about it in the news. I'm very happy that the safeguards in place prevented the company from getting that contract. If you take a look at the actual information request, you'll see that only Mr. Anderson was corresponding with the federal government.
Ms. Gainey, it's very important that the monies our government set aside for indigenous peoples are accessed by indigenous peoples. I think this committee has very important work to do to make sure that all necessary safeguards are in place to do that work and to prevent anybody who's not indigenous from accessing those funds.