Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. I'll just say, first of all, to be very clear, that I have not been involved either at the level of the interim board or the transition team, so I don't know what thinking has already gone into that. I do know that the national council, as we talked about at the level o

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I did specifically say that today. I will make my written copy available, but I did say that somewhere in here.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. It's repeated elsewhere. I had five minutes, so I couldn't go into it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. McLeod, for the question. I think it's a hugely important question, the makeup, and I commented on the issue of “indigenous-led” because I think it easily slides into something being a formulaic answer rather than a really well-thought-out answer. The reason I qu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I personally would agree. Just as I made the point, no disregard intended to this committee, I also think that anything that narrows the focus to indigenous only or an Indigenous concern only misses the point of all of Canada, so I do agree with that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm a big supporter of co-development, first of all, as I am with co-drafting of legislation. It's my understanding that so far this has not been co-drafted so that's already a missed opportunity. I think if you want to have a protocol that serves everyone, then it needs to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is my view, but I will just say that in our call to action we do use the word “collaboration” in the call to action. We use both words, but we talk specifically about jointly when it comes to the composition.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One is more about the spirit of it, and the other is the operational practicality of it. That's how I see it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I do agree, and we actually do say that these are not meant to be exhaustive lists.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They're examples and they may not be the ones, frankly, that prove to be relevant in every region of the country. Over time we may see that in certain areas drilling down in a certain area is more important than somewhere else. It's an iterative thing, but it's not meant to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. It's not intended to say, “Gee, I wonder what we should measure.” I mean, we've given some very particular things where we know we're in big trouble, so let's start there.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Greetings to everyone. I'm really glad to be here on Algonquin territory. I'm here visiting from the Northwest Territories, from Treaty No. 8 territory. It's nice to be in a room with my member of Parliament and one of our fellow northerners, Memb

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, everyone. I want to acknowledge the committee and, if I may say, Chair Bratina, I also honour your expressions of remorse and what you shared with us about your wife in a very personal conversation. I think that speaks to our shared huma