Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure to be back here at committee.
Chief Nattawappio, thank you for being here.
First, I would like to extend cordial greetings from my colleague, Marilène Gill, who is the Bloc Québécois' new critic for indigenous relations, as well as your member of Parliament. As you know, she wants to go see you in your home, in Kawawachikamach, as soon as possible, and she has pledged to do so. For those who follow our work and are a little more used to settler names, that's near Schefferville. I do envy my colleague's opportunity to visit you.
I'd like to start by learning more about your story. In the 1970s, in Quebec, there was a lot of activity around hydroelectricity development. There's a reason why the Cree and Naskapi were the first—the only—indigenous groups in Quebec to be involved in modern treaties.
Do you feel that governments were eager to implement modern treaties initially, but neither Quebec nor Canada felt the same sense of urgency once hydroelectricity infrastructure was in place? Why was there such a rush to sign modern treaties in the 1970s and now, more than 50 years later, you're still waiting?