Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I know that was the original intent of the development of the protocol. It's inherent. It's been there. With the protocol that we have with the federal government that we signed in the 1990s, and the one we signed just last year, the whole approach and the discussions around the self-government negotiations have already been demonstrated.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sge:no swa:gwego. Bonjour. Good morning.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Coming from Akwesasne, we are a community of about 16,000. If you're not aware, our community is divided by the international border and a provincial line. For this very reason, in the early 1990s we negotiated a protocol agreement with Canada to deal with some of the unique features and issues that come up as a result of these multi-jurisdictional areas.