Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I'd be happy to. Thank you for the request. For the bands that did participate in the tax agreements, as I said, literally thousands of jobs were created. Millions of dollars were generated. In the first introductions to business for some of these communities—though, mind you, it wasn't perfect—the intent was to negotiate for even more tax room with the province.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Jaime. My name is David Paul. I'm from the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick. I'm also deputy chief commissioner for the First Nations Tax Commission. In 1993 I negotiated, on behalf of my community, the Tobique First Nation, the first tax agreement, which was the New Brunswick tax agreement that was recently cancelled by our current government.