Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to Mr. Billingsley for joining us.
I would just take a moment to welcome the new members, new colleagues from all sides, to the committee, and also to congratulate our outgoing member on the Liberal side, Don Rusnak, who is now the parliamentary secretary to Minister Philpott.
Mr. Billingsley, I'm looking at your comments with respect to outcomes and impacts. I notice that the cohort you look at is that self-governing first nations outperform the census category of registered Indians on reserve in terms of absolute educational outcomes and in rates of change and improvement. I'd like to get a sense as to what those numbers would be if you were to supplement those with the non-indigenous populations.
When we're looking at claims and outcomes, I think it's important to look at what the overall population cohort's achievements are, as opposed to within reserve and non-reserve outcomes. Ultimately, our objective is to ensure that we have equality of outcomes for all people.