Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for your testimony today.
You know, my prior job before being a member of Parliament was treaty education lead for Nova Scotia. During the presentations that I gave all across the province, I would say that treaties are the foundation of Canada. Whether it's the pre-Confederation treaties, the numbered treaties or the modern-day treaties, they all ensure that we, as a country, are able to flourish, create partnerships and ensure that those partnerships continue.
With the modern-day treaty commissioner, I think one of the things that this committee would benefit from greatly is really getting a sense of how your community would utilize the modern-day treaty commissioner to further your treaty's implementation if such a commissioner were in place.
I'd like to start off with Chief Rempel, because you talked a lot about predictability, partnership and sustainability. I'm wondering if you could elaborate.
How would you use this treaty commissioner? Suppose this legislation is successful and there is a treaty commissioner today. How would that treaty commissioner, in your eyes, be seen to advance treaty implementation in your region?
I'll go to Chief Louise next, on that.