To start with, I would like to congratulate my dear colleague for being appointed Official Opposition critic for Environment and Climate Change.
My colleague has spoken of his wonderful experience and talked about true partners who work for the well-being of all. That is the ideal. However, this is not the experience of the majority of first nations in Canada. As Ms. Taylor Roy asked, does the right to informed consent really exist?
This is not the experience of the vast majority of first nations in Canada, especially in my province, where there are pipelines. First nations such as the Squamish, the Tsleil-Waututh and the Musqueam are still against this big project which is now the property of all Canadian citizens. You speak of an ideal, but it is not the experience of the vast majority.
The bill does not target communities that are not experiencing problems.