That's right. There needs to be a fundamental change and shift in the philosophy of how first nations fit within the Canadian federation, and that means true governance.
When you look at the underlying title, that's the fundamental thing to address. The title has to be transferred from the federal government to the first nation. It's like somebody purchasing a piece of property in British Columbia; it doesn't make it Ontarian. The same would be true for these bits of property. They would always remain under the jurisdiction and territorial jurisdiction of the first nation, but the first nation individual has to be able to operate within a free market system. He has to be able to be bonded. Right now under the Indian reserve system, an individual cannot be bonded, and if you can't be bonded you can't get into business. Those kinds of fundamentals have to change.
We come from a trading culture. All of us--the Inuit, the Métis, the first nations--lived on this land with our own economies. What I'm proposing is that we recreate something that's been hibernating, and that's the entrepreneurialism that flourished on these lands that were clearly once under our jurisdiction. That's what I'm proposing. The fundamental thing to do is very clear: the title has to be transferred to the individual first nation. That will always be the case. Individuals have to be able to have private property rights enjoyed by every other Canadian.