Thank you.
Before I start, I just want to pay tribute to Heather McFadgen in my riding for her tremendous support and work in the Law Commission. As I said in Parliament, I think it's reprehensible that you were cut, especially since it falls into a pattern of cutting services to the most vulnerable in this country.
I thank you for your presentations, Nathalie and Yves, on a number of valuable projects you've done that are not duplicated elsewhere, not replicated elsewhere, and for being accountable to us. Members of three parties in Parliament have really supported your work. I don't want you to comment on this, but you were created by an act of Parliament on April 21, 1997, so why close your doors? They can't close your doors. Use those volunteers you're talking about and keep it open so you can talk.
I have one major question. This is only for Yves Le Bouthillier and Nathalie Des Rosiers. It's on two areas. I'm a bit disappointed we don't have enough witnesses on aboriginal issues and anti-poverty issues. You've covered some aboriginal aspects already, but I'd like each of you to comment with something you haven't said yet on any way that you have or can help in the aboriginal field or in the anti-poverty field--obviously, again, the most vulnerable who can't represent themselves.
Finally, my riding is the farthest one from Ottawa and has one-thousandth of the population. Who's likely to have what kind of input on law in Canada? Have you reached that far, being the great institution in Canada that you are?