Thank you, Madam Chair. And, yeah, I'm glad to see that, you know, we are looking at setting targets and that. But, you know, we -- we've been doing this for 30 years. And in one of my -- in the statements this week, I had mentioned about putting a moratorium on hires of non-Indigenous candidates for one year. And in part that was to jolt the other side and jolt bureaucracy to let them know that, listen, we're serious. There's a serious issue here that's been going on 30 years, and we have to look at it. Because in reality, like I know that we have -- you know, we have P1 candidates or, you know, Indigenous candidates. We have P2 candidates. We have people have lived here and been born and raised here, and I have no problem with them getting jobs as well. But at the same time, you know, are -- the affirmative action was there for a reason. So I'm just hoping that's taken into consideration. Because, you know, one thing I always hear is, you know, I say oh, we -- you know, I hear people saying, oh, we can't place Indigenous persons and set them up for failure. I don't usually hear that about anybody else. You know, then -- you know, and then the job shadowing, you know, is that meant for Indigenous people or is that meant for everybody? And those are things that -- that, you know, I hear and, you know, I always try to look to -- to think, you know, the goodness that people are -- you know, are trying to relay when they say that. But sometimes it doesn't come out that way. So I just want -- yeah, I just want to make sure that -- that we are headed in the right direction. Thank you.
Rocky Simpson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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