There were many imperatives.
We had a case within the University of Saskatchewan specifically that was being managed at the time when we started to contemplate what we should do to ensure that this doesn't happen again or at least to try to be proactive about situations that might come up in the future, as well as to establish a line and establish that there is accountability that an institution has to ensure that space be held by indigenous peoples. Then, across the country there were other cases that were coming up of fraudulent claims on indigenous membership or citizenship.
This pre-empted the conversation throughout the country and also within the United States, where that had already happened several times. With this being at the forefront of how we protect that space and create safe and accountable spaces for indigenous people, a policy made the most sense, not just a process but something that had teeth, accountabilities and consequences as well.