Currently, there are eight agreements, including in Quebec. We are looking at the renewal of these agreements. We are involving the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador and its commissions in the process. We are meeting with those people every month to have discussions on this.
It has to be understood that we have to rely on the provincial governments, in that they also have to identify this as a priority and work with us. It is possible to work together even in provinces where we don't have an agreement. For example, during hurricane Fiona, Prince Edward Island was the only Atlantic province with which we had a bilateral agreement, but that did not in any way preclude working with all the Atlantic provinces and first nations that were affected. In fact, it was quite the opposite: we were really very encouraged by the way things were going. In fact, Minister Hajdu called each of the first nations communities that had been affected, and they thanked her for following up. They told her that they were feeling good and that they would call her if they needed anything. We were in constant communication.
We hope to close the deals within the next few years, but we can't give you a specific date. We really need the commitment of our partners. This time we want to make sure that it is not only bilateral agreements, but also trilateral agreements. If we don't have an agreement with Saskatchewan, for example, it's because the first nations have told us that they don't agree that we should have a bilateral agreement with the province. So we're taking the time to see if it's possible to have a multilateral agreement that's going to allow first nations to have an important voice in the process.