Thank you very much, and thank you to our witnesses.
Thank you, Grand Chief Phillip, for joining us today. It's an honour for our committee to hear from you. Thank you for making the trek from the the west coast to share your testimony.
Grand Chief Phillip, as you alluded to in your presentation, you have been on the front lines of first nations' fight to defend their territory and inherent rights. I feel that today is a bit of a snapshot in which we get lost in the weeds around the focus on the international, rather than looking at the very negative impact this piece of legislation will have on our domestic reality—particularly on indigenous leaders, members of indigenous communities, and others as well who are opposing this government's agenda. Do you believe that the goal of Bill C-51 is to instill fear in you and other indigenous leaders, and even to criminalize the kinds of positions you have been taking on behalf of your people?