I would say, just very briefly, that it is because of that non-partisanship that this kind of advice would be useful. I certainly feel that the onus is really on you, as representatives of Parliament, to provide that kind of opinion.
I mean, our mind is clear on the issue. We've been advising you for decades on what those obligations are, but somehow nobody seems to understand. If it weren't so, we wouldn't be finding ourselves constantly before your courts, trying to make that very point.
It seems to me it's a very vicious circle. We try to find ways to negotiate some of the tough issues that we are confronted with from time to time. When that process fails, most times there's no alternative for us but to present our case before the courts. Then that circle starts all over again. The courts send us to the negotiating table.
We ask, why don't we find ways to get that kind of opinion whereby, very objectively, from Parliament's point of view and from our first nations point of view, we can look at it and debate it? This has been going on for too long. We feel we have to find ways to provide peace.