In some of the work that we're engaged with.... I'll harp again, but not intentionally, on the issue of resourcing.
We've seen a growing movement across this country. I mentioned earlier in my opening statement that there are guardians gathered here in Ottawa from across Canada. I hosted a panel, just before coming to this hearing, around innovative governance and financing opportunities. We have people who are working so very hard to grow their work and to grow and empower their communities to assert their stewardship responsibilities over their lands and waters, but they're having the hardest time doing that in a meaningful way without proper resourcing.
Resourcing is incredibly critical and incredibly key to empowering our communities to play in a partnership space. It's not an equitable relationship right now and that needs to change. Part of our goal as an organization is to bring forward these messages to people within positions of power who have the agency and the responsibility to affect change. There are existing avenues within the federal government right now to grow those investments over time.
From my perspective, if we're going to be talking about the restitution of lands, about respecting indigenous authorities and about indigenous rights—not aboriginal rights—we need to be putting our money where our mouths are and investing in those approaches and in those partnerships.