Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to our two witnesses.
Mr. Zscheile, I remember 21 years ago, when the Supreme Court brought forward the Marshall decision and two months later, the subsequent Marshall II decision appeared. It did seem that Marshall II put parameters around the initial decision. Is it your contention that it didn't do that?
Marshall is quite broad, and the clarification, which is certainly how it was reported in the media, put parameters on it to signal that there had to be collaboration, co-operation and negotiation between the federal government and first nations. At the end of the day, on conservation grounds, the federal government would be supreme. I know that's a word that a lot of people don't like to use, but that seems to be a fair reading of the Marshall decision. It was certainly one that was reported in the popular press 21 years ago.