Thank you very much, and thank you for the invitation.
The first thing I'd like to do is extend the regrets of President Caron, who is unable to attend today. She has asked me to present in her stead.
On the barriers for indigenous economic development, I will start with looking at the sources of the barriers we face. I'd like to make a broad distinction between business development, which is faced by citizens and collectively held corporations, and economic development, which is faced by institutions [Technical difficulty—Editor] support business development.
With respect to business development, the sources of the barriers are the socio-economic circumstances of the Métis people—