Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the presenters today. They were very interesting presentations.
My first question is for Angie Crerar.
I want to say that my grandmother was also from Fort Resolution. That's where she was born. My parents both spoke three languages. My mother could speak five. In those days, the need to communicate with all the different tribes and people travelling around was very important. My sister went to the Fort Resolution residential school. She might have been there close to the time when you were there. It was very good to hear what you had to say, and it's very good to have you here.
I share with you the feeling that Métis need to have a brighter future. Our nations have gone through some difficult times, and it's time we started to get recognized. I belong to the Northwest Territories' Fort Providence Metis Council. We are part of the Dehcho negotiation process.
We're Métis, but we don't belong to any of the national indigenous organizations. When some of the national organizations come and say there is no enrolment process, that memberships are being given out like candy on the street, and that some of the Métis treaties are blank sheets, it's very.... I feel it when people say the Métis have no rights.
I want to know how that makes you feel, as an elder and a person who has lived their life as a Métis and fought for Métis rights.