Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Chief John, a recent report, the Macdonald-Laurier report, offered two very different scenarios—one is positive and one is negative—on the direction the country will take on natural resources and aboriginal participation.
I have four first nations in my riding—Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, Wahnapitae First Nation, Nipissing First Nation at Garden Village, and Mattagami First Nation—and in all four cases unemployment is very low, because of the natural resources around them. The companies that operate there consult with them, and everything is going quite well.
Can you tell me more on the right way and the wrong way to negotiate with first nations?