It's one of the two fundamental pillars of a sound economy. If you don't have a real property tax system, which is really by most standards the most accountable form of taxation, and a property regime—those are the two pillars—you can't provide infrastructure as a government; you're not going to have businesses, schools, proper roads, etc.
What I've seen in first nations communities over the last 25 years or so is a change in attitude toward taxation. Initially, it was met with a lot of fear. When I first worked on legislative reform related to real property tax, we anticipated that maybe a dozen communities would get involved. Now there are just about 170 communities, and it's generated about a billion dollars, with an additional billion and a half dollars in funds that were made available as a direct result of the tax.
In my view, it's not only real property tax, but when you look at the goods and services sales tax...first nations should be able to participate in the tax structure of the country and therefore be a part of the fiscal makeup of the country. That also has to include the federal government, as well as the provincial governments.