Thank you, Minister, for being here today and for your testimony so far. I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday night, when we can ask you other questions that are unrelated to this study.
Witnesses have stated that your current reconciliation agreements as offered from your government have missed the mark, because the mandate lacks any authority to make legal or regulatory changes to address the fundamental constitutional objective of addressing their section 35 rights.
Is the government willing to establish a mutually agreeable process to address these rights with first nations, one that includes Crown-indigenous relations in other departments as required?