Thank you very much, Mr. Lemire.
With that, I would like to welcome our witnesses today.
We have, appearing by video conference, Dr. Pamela Palmater, Mi'kmaq lawyer, member of Eel River Bar First Nation and chair in indigenous governance, Toronto Metropolitan University. Appearing in person today, we have Karen Restoule, senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
I want to welcome our witnesses to the first panel. You will each have five minutes for your opening statements after which we will proceed to questions from members. We'll start with Dr. Palmater.
You have five minutes or less for your opening remarks.