Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you and your staff, Minister, for appearing before us today. It's great to be brought up to speed on a topic that we have spent considerable time discussing, particularly this week.
My question is on something you've actually dealt with briefly.
As we discussed the whole issue of matrimonial real property as it relates to native women in particular, it was easy to fall into discussions of other important and related topics--housing, and the whole question of how we can expedite native self-government agreements--and even as early as this week we talked of issues relating to the rights of children vis-à-vis custody. When you get into these discussions, it's easy to get sidetracked.
Could you comment on what kinds of terms of reference or framework could be put in place to avoid getting into an expanded discussion that might in fact lengthen the process to getting to the real object of this exercise?