Mary Coyle, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Mi’kma’ki.

We will concede to that.

Thank you very much to our witnesses for coming all the way here to meet with us today. We really appreciate it, and it’s wonderful also to know that your community is online here in solidarity with you, and I want to thank them for being here as well.

It’s important for you to know — and I think you’ve got that sense from my colleagues — that we’re here to listen to you and to support you. We’re not here in any way to put any obstacles up. You’ve had enough of those over the years, right, but in spite of those obstacles, it’s quite a story that you’re here to tell us of what you’ve been able to achieve already, even without this bill that we’re now examining.

You’ve actually answered most of what I was going to ask you, in answer to Senator Sorensen, but you’ve spoken about the economy and the effort you’ve put in there, social and physical infrastructure, the importance of the businesses, jobs, property tax, et cetera. You’re doing all kinds of amazing things in your community. I’m just wondering when this is passed and comes into effect, can you tell us if there are any big differences that are going to be made for you and your community? Is there anything that you have not mentioned to us already that you would like us to know that we haven’t asked you about, but that you want to say now, “Okay, so we really want you to pass this bill so that . . . ”

So the identity?

That’s important. Thank you.