I move amendment Liberal-1, that Bill C-38, in clause 52, be amended by adding after line 6 on page 37 the following:
(3) For greater certainty, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from the protection provided for existing aboriginal or treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada by the recognition and affirmation of these rights in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
(Amendment negatived)