Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, definitely.

Canadian Heritage committee  They will be appointed by Governor in Council, based on consultations, as we mentioned earlier, with a variety of indigenous groups—I will not say “diverse”; I will say “a variety”—in order to make sure the commissioner is acceptable to indigenous people. The commissioner will

Canadian Heritage committee  The minister will be in charge of consulting to come up with a short list and a recommendation to the Governor in Council.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right, bearing in mind that the commissioner will be the CEO of that organization, while the directors will have the function of supporting, on a distinction base, the various groups—first nations, Métis or Inuit.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that's probably a given.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't want to state that, because it's going to be based on the consultation. Some people may decide that the person doesn't have to be indigenous, but I think most likely they will be. For example with the tax commission, from which some of the obligations have been borrowed,

Canadian Heritage committee  I will ask Mélanie and Stephen to tell you that. There were two phases. In the first phase we looked at how we were actually going to proceed. That phase lasted from 2016 to 2017.

Canadian Heritage committee  Part of it will be addressed with.... Earlier I mentioned that there are groups in urban areas that actually support various indigenous people. They're not necessarily doing it based on whether you're first nations, Métis or Inuit. They will actually support various groups, and w

Canadian Heritage committee  The Métis settlement? I don't think we met with them, no.

Canadian Heritage committee  Nothing would prevent them from actually engaging with us.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's true.

Canadian Heritage committee  Fair enough. They would, however, qualify to sit down and make an agreement with us; that's for sure. Clauses 8 and 9 would allow for that because they are an organized group; they actually have capacity and they certainly would qualify for that.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a good suggestion.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a fair point.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that's an excellent suggestion and I thank you for raising it. We will do that.