Mr. Albrecht, I am sad to say that I do not share your optimism as to the speed at which we will see a final decision in this case. If we rely on Mr. Roy's report, there won't be a solution to the problem for at least another 140 years. Even my grandchildren won't be around to see that.
In paragraph 6 of Mr. Campbell's brief, it says that 40% of first nations are not currently involved in this process and that due to the resources they have, you can hardly make offers which are on a par with what they could get through other means.
I will ask you all my questions at once, because the chairman is watching me and he is not going to grant me an extra second to ask my questions.
Mr. Morales criticized you in the report. So did the Auditor General. Do you not have strategies? Because most of you are lawyers, you must be used to admissions being made before a case goes to trial, and you seek a number of these admissions to help speed up the process. I am wondering if this type of thing doesn't also exist in the department and the various other departments?
We may end up having to deal with costs in the order of $20 billion to $23 billion to finally settle this issue. It's all well and good to say that these nations will govern themselves, but they won't be able to survive under the weight of the debts they have contracted.
On the basis of all of this, given the criticism leveled at you and what is being done to develop strategies, etc., I am wondering how you feel about all of this.
Can you live with this?