Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I may respond, thank you for that question. I wholeheartedly understand why you asked that question, and I'd say yes: Healing is one of the most fundamental elements. Each and every day, we heal. It's everyday lifelong learning. When we look at the past, this colonial past and all these lived experiences that our people have endured, healing is so much needed.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Good evening. I am Claudette Commanda, member of the Kitigan Zibi Algonquin First Nation. I welcome you. I'm honoured to make this presentation on the ancestral territory of my people. I hold various titles, responsibilities and roles, such as chief executive officer for the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres.