The stewardship plans that I was alluding to are one such example, where treaty, title, and rights are respected, with first nations jurisdiction respected. And there are others in the territories in those areas.
That is something that is really just developing. There's a phenomenal work, Living Proof, which Terry Tobias authored in partnership with the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. It's a tremendous effort to map out what the relationship is of first nations to their territories. When we say first nations lands, there are two elements. The recognition of INAC is there for the recognition of the relationship through the Indian Act to the Minister of Indian Affairs. But our lands are not restricted to those reserve lands. There are still unfinished and outstanding land issues that exist throughout the entire country.
I just flag that as an issue. When we think about our indigenous brothers and sisters in the Atlantic, those are the oldest treaties that exist here amongst all of our peoples; they're in those areas. We have yet to see a place where...the elders are constantly calling for the implementation and enforcement of agreements that all of our respective ancestors forged. What we're not doing is that when we forge legislation, particularly when it's done without recognizing the jurisdictions.... It results in conflict.
So it's a matter of here we are: we're looking to make constructive suggestions about the recognition of the jurisdiction of first nations.