MP McLeod, Michael, thank you for that. You're bringing tears to my eyes.
You reminded me of that conversation I had with the indigenous caucus almost 10 years ago now. The whole point of coming and asking for permission to join the caucus was to do exactly what you said, which was to represent the people in my riding and the indigenous people of Alberta, and to learn.
I learned a lot from you, and I learned a lot from MP Rusnak; from MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette; from MP Vandal, who is now a minister; from MP Sarai; from MP Drouin; and from everybody who sat in the indigenous caucus.
When I was a minister, I stayed very close to you and to MP Battiste, who's the chair, because I care deeply about these issues. I think the path of reconciliation and doing the right work with indigenous peoples is one of the reasons that we're in Parliament, and so—