Thank you for sharing that.
Mr. McKinnon, you drafted a bill to enshrine the Court Challenges Program under law, but it's not lost on me how many times the federal government has fought first nations in court, first nations that are defending their rights. It seems that change for first nations, when it comes to the federal government, often only comes when it is ordered in court.
The Liberals fought first nations residential school survivors, children who were kidnapped from their homes and forced into residential schools where they were abused irreparably. They fought first nations children who didn't get the education funding that they deserved. They fought first nations, including Tataskweyak Cree Nation here in my constituency, that didn't have access to clean drinking water.
In your defence of rights, would you agree that the federal government should not be spending the millions of dollars it is in fighting first nations in court that are simply defending their fundamental rights?