It unfolds in many situations. It unfolds with rights holders and individual communities in terms of the work that we need to do together to train operators to manage the O and M, as well as to forward plan around their capital plans and what the community sees in terms of its needs with respect to water. That's one element of partnership. It's also about the ongoing prioritization of communities and the department, and working very closely with them.
Where the partnerships will bear fruit is with the upcoming legislation. We have a commitment to codevelop with first nations partners, and we have started that. We have been working with the AFN for over three years. We know what the core issues are around rights and legislating that right to safe water. We know about funding, long-term needs, sustainability and source-water protection.
These are all issues that we are going to codevelop, not just with the AFN but with water authorities, first nations-led, tribal councils and individual chiefs. That partnership and that work together allows us to continue this work and show greater results.
What the settlement also did was to recognize the harm and now there is the ability to rebuild that trust and partnership, because there were people who were never at the table with us who are now at the table looking to see how we can collaborate. The challenges remain. I don't want to give the impression that there's still not work to be done, and it's work which we will continue, but these are some examples of progress.