Professor Naiomi Metallic (Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy and Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, As an Individual) at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

I guess since I'm the lawyer, it would make some sense to.

I would probably ask you for more details about your question because it's pretty generally formed.

In terms of section 35, it has been held by the Supreme Court to protect collective rights. However, the Supreme Court has also recognized that there could be individual exercises of those collective rights.

In a decision called Sally Behn, et al v. Moulton Contracting Ltd., et al, from 2014, the Supreme Court did say that in certain circumstances—they didn't set them all out; they never do—there can be individual exercises of rights and situations where people could solely rely on those collective rights to defend against charges, for example.