Thank you very much for your comment and your question.
I will be very happy to give the example of Tsawwassen. The Tsawwassen agreement was finalized, and it was enacted on April 4.
Tsawwassen, as a first nation, was able to access the economic stimulus package that was put out by the government to the tune of $6 million, because they are a local government. If they had remained an Indian band, such as my community, they would have had no access to that. Indian bands do not have access to that. We're not considered local governments in that same sense. When Tsawwassen signed their treaty, they immediately went down that road of having independence and self-government.
So you're absolutely right. In this day and age, to continue to have Indian bands that are totally regulated under the Indian Act, which has no room for economic development, just doesn't make any sense. What makes even less sense is that there is $7 billion that goes to continue to support the Indian Act bands. It doesn't make sense.