Thank you for the follow-up question.
There is currently a queue. Since signing our Manitoba Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement in 2021, there's been keen interest. Of course, under that agreement, the Manitoba Métis Federation represents Red River Métis, regardless of where they live in the world. That's drawn an extreme amount of interest from citizens who are residing elsewhere.
In terms of process, there's a rigorous process of application and review, with substantiating documentation, genealogies, reference to scrip etc. Those are typically done through a third party like the St. Boniface Historical Society, as one example.
From there, on the point of acceptance, through our governance, we have over 100 locals that are really the grassroots, the foundation of our government. Those who are applying for citizenship are connected into those locals, or there's a component part in our process whereby they meet with and are supported by the locals in their application process. That is one means by which we identify connectivity to community.
