Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Grand Chief John, I'd like to ask you a couple questions.
I read through the briefing that you provided to us prior to the meeting. You talk about a first nations equity and capacity fund, and about the potential, over 10 years, of $650 billion of resource projects being developed and the significant benefits.
You brought up a minute ago the impact benefit agreements. One of your comments in here is, “Simply put, projects which have not reached agreements with First Nations are a greater investor risk—and many corporations recognize this fact.” You also say, “There are now some companies that share the profits and offer equity participation as part of their corporate practices.”
Can you talk about what some of those best practices are that those companies are employing to actually work through this with these first nations?