My concern is that the act is a tool, and the tool itself can actually name and place labels upon people. That's my concern.
When we talk about the Emergencies Act, there has been a lot of talk about these far-right extreme groups that were linked to this “freedom convoy”. There was a lot of talk about anti-terrorism in the way of financing. I just want to be clear that those are the links that I'm making, and I want to be clear that first nations have rights in this country.
I'm really grateful that you've acknowledged the systemic racism—the overt and covert racism that exists—and what are we doing to address that? Certainly, when you look at the Emergencies Act, it has to be taken into account as you move forward on perhaps amending this act or engaging first nations on the future invocation of this act.