I respect the right of my colleague to vote against this, and I hate to use the word “hypocritical”, but it seems to me that a few minutes ago, we supported a motion that, in my mind, really was irrelevant because aboriginal rights are already protected in the Constitution, the charter, and what have you.
Aboriginal communities made it very clear, and I'll go back to what Mr. McLeod who was here as a witness a few weeks ago, said. He said that there was no consultation with their groups whatsoever.
All of a sudden, you have something in here that actually does give aboriginal communities some say in it, which they should have because they're affected, and my colleague is going to vote against it. It just makes no sense to me.