From a CCSA perspective, we would look to the AFN to be a guide in this. There was no systematic examination of first nation needs in other jurisdictions. I was recently asked to chair the development of a consensus strategy for New Zealand, where the Maori and Pasifika people were very much represented. The need was well defined in a manner not inconsistent with how it is here. I won't speak to scope and size, but there was a need to recognize them as specific populations—acknowledging without stigmatization that they need particular attention. We feel that attention is best placed by the first nations leaders themselves.
