Thank you, Madam Chair.
My name is Kelly Block and I'm a member of Parliament from Saskatoon. My riding is Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar. I don't typically sit on the status of women committee--I serve on two other parliamentary committees, the access to information, privacy, and ethics committee and the finance committee--but I feel very privileged to be here today and to have participated in this study all week. It's been very enlightening and I've learned a lot this week.
To put my riding and our province in context, our city is divided into four quadrants. My riding would probably have the largest first nations and Métis population in it, in the urban part of our city. We have many organizations that I have been building relationships with in terms of the issues facing first nations and Métis in an urban setting. We have 74 first nations in Saskatchewan, so we have a lot of opportunities to work with our first nations and develop relationships.
I'm very pleased to hear from you and I'm looking forward to the rest of our discussion this morning.