Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Perhaps this question is to one of the departmental officials, Ms. Wright or Mr. Glover.
I was intrigued by Dr. Heming's comment, and it was pleasing, of course, to hear Andy Mitchell being quoted. He was correct about the rural communities ideally being the future of Canada.
Just briefly by way of preamble, my riding contains Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, which is the most populated first nations community in Canada, with 12,000 people. As you can imagine, with that community being the most populated at 12,000 people, many aboriginal communities are significantly smaller. Your comments, Doctor, certainly speak to the concerns that are felt by aboriginals and, of course, their attachment to the land, their well-documented views about the tugging between nature and culture, and so on.
But I'd like to ask Ms. Wright or Mr. Glover their feelings or any thoughts they have on CEPA. In what fashion, if any, should it be amended to take into account aboriginal concerns and aboriginal issues?