Thank you for being here, minister.

I’m sure members here and senators, in general, work hard to get the law passed and into the books as quickly as possible. This particular institution has been an incredible success. In my ten years here, it’s probably one of the most heart-warming things I can look back on and say I watched the progress of this institution, being led by the dream team from British Columbia, in all the efforts of Mr. Calla, Mr. Jules and others. It is just remarkable to see.

We have an institution now that is really looking at governance and the economic matters like finance, infrastructure, taxation and land use. My question to you, minister, given the success of this, what are you thinking about, and what are you and your folks looking to initiate in other areas where Indigenous-led institutions are sorely needed, such as education, health and justice? Are there any green shoots in those areas that you could share with us, or is this some kind of a one-off miracle that won’t easily be replicated, and there is nothing on the horizon?

It’s cool to be talking infrastructure with some of the great bridge builders of our time.

I want to ask a question, though, of Mr. Daniels, Mr. Berna and potentially Ms. Anderson about the next generation of the $1.6 billion. What’s the next generation of loans? We know there are some very large transactions in the resource base coming, such as Trans Mountain, I suppose, being one that everybody talks about, but lots of others.

Maybe you’re already doing this, but within your powers and loan book, are you doing hybrid types of things cooperatively with the federal government, provincial governments and others where they’re providing full or partial guarantees? Is there anything that kind of takes it to the next level of simply satisfying yourselves that the own-source revenue is there issuing the bonds on a one-to-one basis? Have you moved into a more sophisticated area and found a willing partner in the federal government for partial loan guarantees to help First Nations — like what happened with Clearwater — capture or reclaim what was rightfully theirs in terms of economic opportunities?