Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll comment on the three-year transition. That wasn't in relation to compliance with the regulations. Under clause 14 and the definition of a first nation, a self-governing first nation, or a first nation subject to a final agreement/treaty that has self-governing provisions, is not covered by the act unless it chooses to be.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My only other comment is that Akwesasne is prepared to do that. It's looking for a commitment and it needs to be concurrent. If the bill comes into place and there's a general set of regulations, then Akwesasne is going to be swept up. The whole point of the protocol and one of the purposes of subclause 5(4) that you quote is exactly that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Good morning. My name is Micha Menczer, and I am the legal counsel for the Mohawks of Akwesasne. I will be brief. There is a written presentation in the kit that goes into more detail, but I want to address some of the proposed solutions from Akwesasne. My colleagues have addressed some of them.