You know, I haven't been in this position for very long; it's been three years. From what I've witnessed over the last three years and from what I've been watching from afar over my lifetime, we have this understanding of what treaty is as first nations people. I think that's where the disconnect is with the governments. They have a written text that they'd like to follow and not what was promised to us at the beginning of this treaty. When we take a look at some of these discussions that are happening provincially or nationally with regard to some of these major projects, we see that they're talking about the amount of revenue or the number of resources that these projects are going to utilize. When we're listening to this stuff, it's coming from a place where we're ownership. We should be included in some of these discussions. I think that's a missing piece here, whether it's a provincial government or the federal government. We have to get back to that understanding. Who was here when contact was made? Our people were here. I think we have to get back to the discussion on ownership and having a real partnership.
