Thank you, Chair Aldag.
My questions are for Chief Gale.
Your organization recently released a report entitled “Indigenous Leadership and Opportunities in the Net Zero Transition”. The report states that “All battery metal/mineral extraction that occurs, or that will occur, in Canada is on lands and waters to which Indigenous nations and peoples have inherent legal rights.” Furthermore, the report indicates that “Canada has much to do to realize the opportunity that Indigenous leadership provides...in terms of net zero economic and environmental opportunities.”
Can you expand on this statement?