Thank you for the question.
As Mr. David pointed out earlier, I think that's perhaps the $64,000 question--or maybe it's now the $64 billion question. This is something that is extremely important in terms of being able to work at.... I think one of the things to take from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is that these are standards that we want to achieve together with states--in our case, with Canada.
I think what has failed to happen in this country, as Mr. David pointed out, is that when courts--or situations like the UN declaration--set out requirements as to what the engagement relationship ought to be between the state and the peoples, we're not working together to try to define what that is. Often what we see is unilateral policy or guideline development. That's not going to work, since it obviously hasn't had the benefit of the input of the indigenous peoples involved.
I don't think there is any particular magic formula around what it means. I think it's a process. I think it's a process that requires the relationship to develop and to evolve, which will enable people to then be in a position to create agreements and to create partnerships. In essence, that's really what consent is: it's how you get the parties to be mutually satisfied about the outcome that is desired.