Thank you.
Very quickly, then, thank you for your presentations.
I want to investigate further the idea of consultation with first nations, consultation in general. I'm interested that you've heard from stakeholders from Bill C-38 onwards, but we've never actually had a formal consultation process. I think we had a total of 16 hours of debate.
The first nations tell us that they haven't been consulted. Consultation actually has a definition, right? It's been defined in court decisions: in 2004, Haida versus British Columbia; in 2005, the Mikisew Cree; the Marshall decision on non-status Indians. It's been clearly defined. It's not just picking up the phone and saying “Hi, we're changing the laws.”
What is the quality of this consultation, and if it doesn't meet the criteria of the Supreme Court, what are you doing to make sure that you meet those criteria?