Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Premier mentioned the new division that is reflected in the budget. We are calling it Aboriginal consultation and relations division. One of the primary functions for this division, not only will it support our ongoing intergovernmental work in relationship building and the task that we have to strengthen relations with Aboriginal governments and formalize those relations but it will also help – and we see it helping – coordinate some of the work across departments internally.
The Member asked how well we are supported to do that work. Many of the departments engage with Aboriginal governments in their subject matters directly and have people on their staff tasked with doing some of that engagement. We see an opportunity here to build a bit of a community of practice among our personnel across our departments. This will be coordinated through the
work of this director, so we are very much looking forward to continuing to strengthen those relationships and build those ties, not just externally but internally across our organization as well.