Madam Chair, this amendment occurs on page 78, at line 31. Again, this is based on evidence that came to us through the Assembly of First Nations. In reference to the appointment of people with relevant knowledge or experience on an expert committee, proposed subsection 157(2) says:
The membership of the committee must include at least one Indigenous person.
My amendment would ensure that it include “one indigenous person who is a member of a First Nation, one Métis person and one Inuit person”. In other words, these are not in the alternative. This is an amendment to ensure that there is an indigenous person representing southern first nations, the southern part of Canada; one Métis person; and one Inuit representative or Inuk member on the panel.