Thank you, Minister, for sharing your time with us today.
I want to acknowledge you again as the first indigenous ISC minister. I can only try to understand the difficulties of being indigenous and trying to overcome the challenges of the ministry itself. That said, we still have a challenge before us, and we have much work to do.
Reflecting on these reports, Minister, you acknowledge some level of progress, but according to the reports, ISC budgets have increased 84%, yet over half of these recommendations still go unanswered.
You just mentioned water, which is one of the reports we're talking about today. You're introducing clean water legislation in the spring. You've made that commitment. The government has also made a commitment to the United Nations declaration and to free, prior and informed consent.
Can you answer this question? If one first nation doesn't agree to your water legislation, is that honouring free, prior and informed consent?