Thank you for giving me a few minutes, Mr. Chair.
As I said at the outset, I have women friends who for much of their life were not recognized as indigenous because their mother was indigenous but not their father. That mistake was rectified no more than 15 years ago. They are older than me and I am 47. So they were raised in their mother's culture for many years but never had the right, under Canadian law, which claims to know everything, to seek legal recognition of their status and their true identity. So I am especially sensitive to this issue.
I did not hear the minister say that he is indigenous or is not. I hear what people are saying. On the one hand, people say he is indigenous, but from a grandmother who doesn't exist, while on the other people say that is not exactly what he said. So I reserve my right, as usual, to do my own analysis and not fall into partisanship.
His resignation has also been raised in the House of Commons since there is a question of privilege—