Industry committee  We've been in discussions with officials, as I mentioned before, at the Canada Council for the Arts and also Canadian Heritage. They are interested in what we're doing because at Canadian Heritage, in fact, they were planning to do some research on their own. What we would like

Industry committee  The people who are involved in our discussions are first nations and Métis. The Inuit have the Inuit Art Foundation and they have the tag system. We're talking about wanting to be able to collaborate and work together, obviously, but the people involved are first nations and Méti

Industry committee  That's up for discussion. Our focus is to bring indigenous artists together and that their art is what will be registered. We haven't put limits on it at this point. You have raised a really good question. I hadn't even thought about it. Thank you.

Industry committee  Sault Ste. Marie is the home of Steve and Roddy Powley.

Industry committee  That was a famous case that went to the Supreme Court of Canada to establish unequivocally that the Métis right to hunt and fish for food was an existing constitutional right. We're at the formative stages of our discussion on this. There are about 50 people across Canada who a

Industry committee  What about Johnny?

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. My name is Tony Belcourt. I'm known as an indigenous advocate whose career includes being the founding president of the Native Council of Canada, 1971 to 1974, and the founding president of the Métis Nation of Ontario, 1994 to 2008.