Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
I want to ask Chief Meguinis some questions, but before I do that I want to agree with Mr. George on several things.
I want to thank you for your testimony. I do agree with you that the government should never have bought the TMX project. It should have left it alone.
I'm as frustrated as you are that there have been 20 billion extra dollars spent on that project. We need a full accounting, and someone needs to be accountable for that money. It's a shame. You are right. Today the Canadian taxpayer is on the hook for that, and that needs to be resolved.
I'm in full agreement with those comments you made. The government should have stayed out of the oil business, and it should have left it up to private enterprise.
Chief Meguinis, I'd like to ask you some questions, if I may. Thank you so much for coming.
Before I start, I have one quick question. You said that we call you “indigenous”. What would you like to be called?