Kitchi meegwetch to all our presenters. It was very informative.
I'm from a riding up in northern Ontario called Sault Ste. Marie. I'm proud to say that it is a traditional meeting ground for first nations and Métis people. They were coming to Sault Ste. Marie thousands of years before Canada came into being. They came for the whitefish because of the river. The first nations came from all over to fish there. Then it became a sacred area where they wouldn't do war because they were fishing and providing for their families. While they were set up there, they started doing powwows, sharing stories and arts and culture, and doing commerce. It's very interesting.
On that site later on, there was a residential school, where Algoma University is now. They have recently applied for and received funding, and they're building the Anishinabek Discovery Centre, which is going to house a chiefs' library that will have knowledge and artifacts. I know the parliamentary secretary was there recently. At the recent meeting I was talking to Chief Bellegarde and he said they had passed a resolution from Chief Sayers in the area where they're going to house some of that.
I'm very pleased to see there are a lot of things going on from coast to coast to coast as it relates to arts, culture and knowledge as we move towards truth and reconciliation.
I'd be really interested, Tony, if you could expand on how the blockchain technology can be used to preserve and promote indigenous works, and the details on the creation of the registry using blockchain, with your associate Johnny Blackfield. I know we ran out of time with the presentation.
Would either one of you like to address that, or both?