Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses.
The rationale behind bringing this forward is that there are indigenous governing bodies as well as “indigenous peoples” more wholly. It is an attempt to recognize that there are organizations that fall within a governing body and indigenous individuals who do not, and we want to try to be as inclusive as possible when it comes to the conversation around this.
It was challenging to truly be able to understand, because we were time-limited in getting the amendments done. My understanding from working with the the law clerks in drafting this amendment is that “indigenous governing bodies” is in fact a legal term. In fact, we have CPC-2, which we will eventually get to, that does give the definition as per the Constitution Act, 1982. It should, in theory, do this, so my question is whether this would be inappropriate.