The obvious community that's always talked about is Attawapiskat. It's a remote community. It had an agreement with De Beers mining for diamonds, but couldn't fulfill all of the jobs that were available. A lot of that was because they just didn't have the expertise locally and they didn't have all of the wherewithal to be able to take full advantage of the opportunities. You see that repeated right across the country.
One thing we did in Kamloops with the Kamloops division of the Shuswap was to look at a development called New Gold. We became a partner in the development. We share in some of the provincial tax revenues. Some individual members have become millionaires as a result of providing services not only to the mining corporation but also to the communities. There are ways that you can actually begin to deal with the issues.
A lot of it was because of legislation that I referred to, dating from 1927, which legislated us out of the economy.
What we have to turn our attention to and what your committee has to look at are ways and means of getting rid of those legislative barriers so that first nations can fully participate in the Canadian economy.