Thank you, President, for being here today and for the conversation.
I know that you've been following the proceedings very closely and what's been going on over the last several weeks, and you've heard the concerns. We spoke quite a bit about the Chiefs of Ontario and some of those concerns in northern Ontario.
I want to talk a little bit more about what my colleague Ms. Idlout talked about and the concerns that are being raised by Métis groups, both the MMF and the Métis settlements, the folks from Alberta. We haven't heard a lot from Saskatchewan, but we have in some of these other communities.
Maybe let me start with just framing this. Since you're the national president who represents all of these organizations or Métis people in the country, I'm going to give you an opportunity to offer your comments on what the concern is for you in the divide between your own people—between your own communities, so to speak—and what that means to you.