The political accord is an agreement that was concluded between the Assembly of First Nations and the Government of Canada on May 31 of 2005. The accord is directed to achieving a reconciliation of first nations and government jurisdictions in a number of areas. The parties have turned their attention, first and foremost, to addressing governance issues and addressing the reconciliation of policies relating to comprehensive claims, etc.
I'm not sure if my colleague would like to add anything further to that.
There's a joint steering committee that has been established. It consists of representatives of first nations and government. On behalf of first nations, the national chief is a member of the joint steering committee, as well as Regional Chief Shawn Atleo, who is from the British Columbia region. And on behalf of the Government of Canada, Minister Prentice is a member of the joint steering committee. Initially, I believe, it was intended that the Minister of Justice would also serve as a member of the joint steering committee. I'm not sure at present what role Minister Toews is currently playing in regard to the joint steering committee at this point in time.
Underneath the joint steering committee, there are a number of committees that do the work of the committee in preparing for the meetings and that have discussed a number of issues. Following the election, a number of pressing new issues were added to the agenda of the joint steering committee, including water, accountability, and numerous other issues. So the agenda of the joint steering committee has become very loaded recently.