I can't get that into 45 seconds, but I'm going to try.
My riding is Saint John—Rothesay, the traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq and Passamaquoddy, but we don't have a significant population of indigenous people in our community. Our office tried to get an elder to speak at an event. We couldn't even get anybody. That's a problem in Saint John—Rothesay, so folks in my community aren't aware of the rich indigenous history of Saint John—Rothesay.
The intent of the bill is to help facilitate the repatriation of indigenous cultural artifacts, including, as per subclause 3(b), by encouraging the owners, custodians and trustees of aboriginal cultural property to return such property to the indigenous groups where they rightfully belong.
As indigenous leaders, do you believe that all indigenous cultural property ought to be returned to the possession of the indigenous group, or is there room, for example, for a non-indigenous museum like the New Brunswick Museum to be involved in having artifacts?