Good morning everyone.
I call to order the 74th hearing of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.
Before we begin, I want to see whether the members of the committee are in agreement to extend the meeting by 15 minutes, that is to say until 1:15 p.m., and share the time fifty-fifty between the two panels we will be hearing today.
I see that I have unanimous consent. Thank you very much.
I now turn to our first witnesses. First, on behalf of the committee, I want to apologize for having made you wait. The reality of the House being what it is, we were delayed because of votes. And so we are going to change our schedule a bit and grant 45 minutes to this panel we have with us today.
We welcome the Assembly of First Nations, represented by Ms. Jody Wilson-Raybould, who is the Regional Chief for British Columbia, and Ms. Karen Campbell, who is the Director of Research and Policy Coordination. We also welcome the First Nations Lands Advisory Board, represented by Mr. Robert Louie, who is the Chairman Chief of the Westbank First Nation, Mr. Austin Bear who is the Director for the Prairie region and Chair of the First Nations Resource Centre, and Ms. Leah Georges-Wilson, Director for British Columbia and Co-Chair of the British Columbia Summit.
Thank you for being here with us. Each group will have a maximum of 10 minutes for their presentation. We will then have a question period.
I now yield the floor to Ms. Wilson-Raybould, from the Assembly of First Nations.