Nancy Hartling, New Brunswick, the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.

Minister Miller, I’m fine. I think you had to leave.

There are other people, I am sure, who can answer the questions, if you need to go.

Thank you for being here, everyone. It is wonderful to have a bill that sounds like a win-win. Enthusiastically, I know some of the people whom I spoke with earlier, they are excited about this.

As we have heard many times here, trust was always a factor with First Nations, how to build trust. Can you give more detail on the process, the co-development process? What were some of the steps and challenges? Senator Greenwood talked about that. I’m curious to hear more about that because, as we go forward, it sounds like other First Nations have an opportunity to join in at any time. Is there any limit to the time they can join in, or not? A little more about the process of the trust building and how this went, thank you.

Can people join in? There is no cap on time? They can continue to join in?

Thank you. It’s a wonderful way to celebrate National Indigenous History Month.

Thank you to everyone for being here. It’s such an honour to have you here. Your brilliant leadership and your patience — you think 1910, my goodness. You weren’t here then. I thank you for that. As Mr. Calla said, this didn’t happen yesterday. We’re at the other end of it, but you built the capacity.

I asked the other panel the question that it sounds like a win-win, but there must have been issues and areas like building the trust and capacity. Can you talk a little more about that, what you went through and some of the things that might have been difficult to build that trust?