Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses.
Grand Chief and Chief Lazare, you're offering valuable testimony today, which I think will help our committee look to tracing a path forward.
I'd like to start with you, Chief Lazare, to understand the issue of the lack of consultation you flagged in your presentation. You said you met with the minister on February 22. Prior to that, was the Mohawk Council, the Iroquois Caucus, consulted in any way about this legislation? If not, when was the last time that there was any approach from the federal government on firearms legislation?