You were talking about businesses and the opportunities that lie out there. You also said at the start of your speech that we have sometimes been referred to as “hewers of wood and drawers of water”, and how we want to change that. Under Minister Bains, our government is putting a lot into innovation and into what we call the scaling-up of businesses to do more of that processing and packing of finished goods.
Are you finding that indigenous communities are able to connect with opportunities like this, with ways to scale up and not only use better forest management practices to ensure a healthier forest, but take advantage of all the business opportunities right here at home in Canada?