Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will now move to why the Conservative proposal is a solution to many of these challenges and why all parties should support it. It will amplify the voices of indigenous leaders who support the initiative.
I'm quite confident that all the witnesses who are here, especially all those Canadians who are here who are also energy experts, are also seized and concerned with this topic because, of course, they rely on and depend on certainty, clarity, consultation and negotiations for all of their good work. I'm sure they are just as concerned.
I don't know why MP Jones seems to think it's hilarious, but I certainly don't think that the colonialist, anti-energy, anti-private sector agenda that has taken opportunities away from indigenous people right across this country is at all funny.
In response to my colleague Charlie Angus—