Colleagues, we're going to call to order this eighth meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Today we have the privilege of having our minister come back. He was here last week.
We appreciate your becoming a regular fixture at this committee and always being willing to come here.
Minister, I'm going to turn it over to you immediately for your opening statement. We only have one hour with you this morning. If you want to introduce your officials—it's great to see them here as well—I'll turn it over to you immediately and we'll hear from you. Then, of course, in our second hour we have another full hour.
Minister, please go ahead.