I appreciate that. I represent 53,000 square kilometres and about 110,000 people. That's represented by 12 city blocks. One of the challenges my constituents have.... I've heard from some of the indigenous leaders who are dismayed and really don't trust the government's environmental climate policy, because they have seen economic opportunities taken away from them as a result of some of the actions that have been taken.
My concern is that we have a framework that may have an outcome that, instead of empowering people and addressing what its intent is, ends up holding them back. That's certainly the bigger concern I have, whether it's indigenous peoples....
There was a great deal of excitement—and I heard from indigenous leaders—when, I think, 18 first nations signed an agreement to take partial ownership of and significant economic benefit in an energy development project. There was a great deal of excitement, especially for young people being able to put things like environmental degrees to work.
Again, my concern is that we see an outcome that may, in fact, if we're not very careful, have a negative impact from this bill in particular but also the bigger conversations around environmental racism. It may have an opposite effect.