Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the witnesses. I think my colleague is asking some great questions on the regulatory gaps. I have two questions. The second one will be about regulatory gaps and will perhaps build on this important line of questioning.
First, thank you, particularly Andrew and Kris. As you well know, I was pondering this a couple of months ago and asked you to come to talk to me about some of this on a preliminary level, and I appreciated the work that you have put together. It's been very beneficial.
I have just a couple of comments to make about the initiatives that are under way through your branch. As you said, Andrew, they are addressing challenges presented by the Indian Act, specifically with respect to the land tenure registry, land use planning, regulation, and management of land use. There are a number of initiatives to talk about.
I know one of the ones I'm watching keenly now and am involved with substantively is the Fort William First Nation fibre optimization plant, which began with a settlement process that the minister and I were involved with and attended in Thunder Bay. Now they're moving forward under FNCIDA, which is an exciting, dynamic, integral participation in that sector, and one that I think we have a lot to look forward to.
Other ones speak to the diversity and the ability to get into commercial enterprises. The Squamish First Nation's condominium project comes to mind.
So all of this is good stuff. But both sides have vested interests in looking at the challenges, the barriers, and some of the residual issues. So I would ask you, Andrew, what efforts are already under way to address some of the problems you outlined in your opening remarks?
Could you spend about two minutes on that, and then we'll get to the regulatory gap.