I was happy to see this amendment in here. I think it's a great attempt to fix one of the biggest problems of this piece of legislation. A non-derogation clause is pretty standard form to ensure that when you're writing a piece of legislation it doesn't accidentally trample aboriginal rights.
It is a really succinct, clean way of doing things. There are so many pieces in this bill where we're not sure what the implications of the language will be. I think a bold statement in the budget bill saying that you can't read into this as trampling on aboriginal rights is the right thing to do.
I'm not an expert in non-derogation clauses, but reading it on its face, it seems like pretty standard writing, so I think it is the appropriate language that we need for this bill just to make sure we don't do anything accidentally, because I certainly know the government wouldn't want to do that.
Thank you.