The other interesting piece I just want clarification on is that the short title for this bill is the Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act. I appreciate you coming and highlighting this issue. I did have the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians come and see me about this particular issue a few weeks ago.
You talk about treaty rights and so on and so forth. You would be in agreement, then, that what the provinces want to do is within their rights within the Constitution--to harmonize the tax. In my view, the bill here is to enable. It's an enabling act. It's to enable the provinces to harmonize, the ones who haven't already and those who may want to in the future.
I view that as their right as a province. Do you agree that they have the right to do that? As you were saying you have treaty rights, would you agree that they have that same right?