Thank you, Chair.
Ms. Palmater, thank you for being here. Please, I'm just going to try to flesh out some of the things that you're saying, some of the ideas, and some of the confusions that I and a lot of my constituents have.
I'll use Ms. Ludwig as an example because I know she's a good colleague. In the last general election, first nations and non-first nations voted. They participated in the election. They decided who they wanted to represent them here in Ottawa. Now when we get to Ottawa here and we're dealing with trade agreements, she's representing not only non-first nations but first nations people. How do we square that with what you're saying?
When I go back to my reserves, or she goes back to her reserves and she asks, “Do you have any concerns about Mercosur?”, you don't get any comment. You don't see that as a highlight of the issues that they want to talk about.
How do I square that? How does that work? How do you see that working?