Yes. Thank you for that.
I completely agree with everything you've said.
I think that something I forgot to mention that's key to this is that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focused on the truth, on getting the truth out there. Now we need to focus on reconciliation, and “reconciliation” as a word requires action, so what does that look like?
I think the entire committee—everyone, I think, from the questions being posed—is concerned about concrete action and outcomes, and I'm very glad to hear that. I think we need to focus on healing now, right? We need to heal as a country. Indigenous peoples need to heal.
Something that NWAC is doing, which I would love to inform everyone about, because we are hoping for it to be far-reaching in every province and territory in this country, is that we have what's called a “resiliency lodge”. The pilot project was done in Chelsea, Quebec, and it's a huge success. It's healing traumas from residential schools. It's connecting with the land, and that in itself gives women courage to be a part of the process because, as you can imagine, violence against indigenous women and colonialism sometimes prevent women from having the confidence to be involved and share their knowledge. We need to really focus on that.
We're about to open up another resiliency lodge in New Brunswick—Wabanaki—and that's going to have...we bought a farm. We're saving turtles. We're reconnecting with the land. It's going to look different in every province and territory, but our dream, our vision at NWAC, is to roll them out. We have a pilot project that worked in Chelsea. We want to roll these out across this nation, and that's a concrete action that I think the committee is looking for in terms of where we go from here. Well, we need to heal our people, and we need to heal this country.
Thank you.