Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's right.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Essentially, yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, if the mandate is very broad and has no restrictions.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Sometimes, we wonder if the negotiation isn't an industry.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I wouldn't talk just about education, but transparency as well. I would go even further than education. I wish that, once and for all, in Quebec and in Canada, we would begin to teach the true story. I am proud to be Innu, and I would like Quebeckers and Canadians who go to elementary school to know the true history of Quebec.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, we agree with that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As far as the independent tribunal is concerned, I think that might be a solution, or we could adopt more flexible criteria, because we have clearly demonstrated that the Crown was wrong in our case. The evidence was blatant. So why was it not accepted on our first request? That remains to be defined.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the 2004 agreement-in-principle, there is no real territorial overlap between our ancestral lands, which we call nitassinan, and those of the Innu nations. Our neighbours are the Pessamit and the other nations further north are the Mashteuiatsh. Since the 2004 agreement, we have established territorial boundaries and talked to elders.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I invite you to consult Regroupement Petapan's brief when it's ready. It may provide you with more specific answers.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We need to work with the government to determine the amount of compensation. That's the last stage, and it will also go before the tribunal. We didn't wait to start buying land adjacent to the nation's reserve for potential enlargement so that it would be the least difficult for us and so that we would have the fewest possible problems on the coveted land, which is right next to the reserve.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In addition to not being further ahead, we have a debt of $12 million, which must be paid by a population of 450 people. However, thanks to Bill C-3, which follows from the McIvor decision, the community now has 751 members. I talked about $12 million, but it's closer to $13 million.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are two separate cases. In the case of specific claims, which we spoke of earlier, we are obliged to pay out of our own pockets. The $13 million in debt stems from the comprehensive land claims, in which we are involved with two other Innu nations. The Regroupement Petapan brings together the Innu Nations of Essipit, Mashteuiatsh and Nutashkuan.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With respect to comprehensive land claims, we have asked that a common development fund be set up, and it has been, but it will only be active once the treaty is signed. I like to say jokingly that comprehensive land negotiation is older than me or that I am younger than it. We don't know when that will be resolved.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I simply want to add that we have signed memoranda of understanding of mutual respect and partnership with our neighbours. First, we signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bergeronnes. Then we continued with the Haute-Côte-Nord RCM. Finally, lastly, we signed an agreement of mutual respect with Tadoussac, the oldest Canadian village, where the great alliance of peoples with Samuel de Champlain and the great Innu leader Anadabijouhttp took place in 1603.