Thank you, Madam Chair.
I thank the committee for having me. I'm replacing my colleague Ms. Marilène Gill, who can't be with us because of the terrible forest fires currently ravaging her region. Our thoughts are with her.
It's still a pleasure to be here today, being a member of a First Nation myself, the Huron-Wendat Nation. This is the first time I've sat on this committee, and I thank the witnesses for their enlightening testimony.
With regard to the issue of land restitution, which we are studying today, several avenues for solutions and improvements are open to us.
To the witnesses, I'd like to talk about the expression "economic reconciliation". From my understanding of this concept, which can refer to land management, it is inherent to cultural reconciliation, and these two ideas go together. Indeed, the testimony we heard leads us to believe that territory, identity, culture and language are all intertwined and interrelated.
Can you give us some concrete examples of what land restitution, Indigenous community management and economic reconciliation contribute to other areas, such as a community's culture? In other words, how is it possible to bring together both economic and social well-being?