Madam Chair, this is a change to lines 4 and 5 on page 100, relating to indigenous representation on the CER. It currently says that at least one of the directors must be an indigenous person. As you've heard in testimony from a number of people in the indigenous community, the Assembly of First Nations, and so on, the Government of Canada has adopted something in principle 10 of the federal government's approach to reconciliation called the distinctions-based approach. Rather than have a sort of pan-indigenous approach in which you appoint an indigenous person to represent the views of first nations, Inuit, and Métis, the amendment I'm proposing would ensure there is a director representing each one of these groups—first nations, Métis, and Inuit.
On May 22nd, 2018. See this statement in context.