Yes. As I understand the question, it's how this legislation goes against the principles of reconciliation. As the interim national chief said in her opening remarks, we were not consulted on this legislation beforehand. This is the first opportunity we've actually had to voice concerns from the first nations perspective.
There's also the fact that there is no mechanism for dispute resolution with respect to overlapping claims of Métis and first nations rights. This is very much a situation of the government pitting indigenous groups against each other, and that is very much against reconciliation.
From our perspective, reconciliation means that the government takes responsibility for what it has done, implements the existing treaties of first nations, and recognizes the rights and title of first nations rights holders. That is part of reconciliation, and it seems in many ways that the first nations have to go through an abundance of processes, parliamentary among them, to have those rights recognized. Then, in the sweep of a pen in this legislation, very broadly worded Métis rights—the inherent right to self-government—are provided.
First nations are nowhere near the table when this is being discussed. That goes against reconciliation. “Nothing about us without us” is an important part of reconciliation, and we need to be at the table when those decisions are being discussed and made.