The indigenous people of this country have rights identified in section 35. In 1982 that was an empty box. It's starting to fill up pretty well. It's been defined. To ask indigenous people to give up those rights for the sake of conservation may not be the best approach, in my opinion. That's not to say that indigenous people are against conservation. We have been conservationist people for eons, but I don't think it's for parks or Parks Canada to make that determination.
The way we are approaching it in the Northwest Territories is that the first nations governments that I represent will work with the Government of Northwest Territories, and they will come up with a political decision on what conservation is going to be and where. If it falls within Thaidene Nëné, then we just have to respect that decision of the political leaders.
That's how I would approach that.