Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses here today, and to my colleagues for their great questions.
Ms. Fox, in my previous role in provincial politics, I had the honour and the pleasure of working with treaties 6, 7 and 8 as the indigenous relations minister. I worked with many wonderful people in those communities.
Now, moving to federal politics, I find, Ms. Fox, you've been here many times and I find your presence here and your information very interesting. I want to focus on some comments you made today. You said:
To ensure transparency and results, a robust reporting process has been implemented, allowing both Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to provide regular updates on their overall portfolio of infrastructure projects in first nations communities.
I know this is going along the same line as Mr. Longfield earlier, but he didn't have time to get an answer. I'm hoping to get some clarification on that. You talked about a robust reporting process that has been implemented, yet you went on to say that you are committed to supporting first nations in realizing their vision of self-determination, and to respecting their autonomy by seeking opportunities to reduce reporting requirements by first nations.
First you're saying you're going to have a robust reporting period, and then you're saying you're going to reduce reporting. Can you give me some clarification there, please?