Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
First, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. Saganash. I know you have been working passionately on this project for indigenous peoples for a long time. I commend you on your clarity of vision. You have been working on this bill for years.
I understand—and I've only been here two years—that a number of private members' bills very similar to your Bill C-262 have intended to enact legislation to implement UNDRIP in the past, but all have failed to pass at second reading. Can you explain to this committee why, in your view, you think the time has finally come to move past second reading and actually have this legislation pass third reading and become law?