Madam Chair, thank you.
Thank you so very much for being here.
I listened quite carefully to what you've all said and I retained three things: we must work together, men and women must work together, going back to the grassroots, and listening to the elders.
We've seen a trend of change, more out west though, of women being elected chiefs of their communities, and I was wondering if the same thing was happening in the eastern part of Canada. We've seen Madam Archambault in Rivière-du-Loup being elected chief of the Maliseet nation. Do you believe it would make a change if more elected chiefs were women?
Sheila, I was shocked when you said Mr. Smallwood said there were no Indians at all in Newfoundland in 1949 when they signed the Constitution. How many aboriginal people were living on the island at that time?