Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to start by mentioning that this issue is complicated by the fact that no courts have been asked to decide or interpret a non-derogation clause. We're in that situation. However, in answer to your question, this clause is an interpretive provision rather than a substantive provision.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm Andrew Ouchterlony, Department of Justice, in the legal services unit at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.