Thank you very much.
This one is very specifically related to an issue that's come up throughout the review of this ominous bill, and that's the treatment of traditional knowledge or indigenous knowledge. This is related to the disclosure of information that indigenous peoples have asked remain confidential. The two exceptions where indigenous knowledge can be shared occur in the lines that I'm deleting. The first occurs in lines 30 to 31 on page 113, where the disclosure is authorized. The second is on the following page, where the Governor in Council can, by regulation—and this is really specific and I find it really very offensive—release indigenous traditional knowledge that is provided to the regulator in confidence and that it “may be disclosed without written consent.”
I can't imagine how such a provision could apply in an era when we hear from a government that there's no relationship more important to us than our relationship with indigenous people, but we could in the process of this hearing get their information, tell them we're going to keep it confidential, and then release it without their consent. I don't understand why that's in here and I hope you'll agree with this amendment.