Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am happy to speak to this. This came out of the needs that were expressed, I think, by some witnesses, but certainly by our members, as I mentioned earlier, who have large rural or remote constituencies with many aboriginal constituents. They asked that this be put in with an acknowledgement to ongoing consultation with the government to make sure that status cards are appropriate. So if they need to change them as we go forward, they would like to continue those conversations with the Chief Electoral Officer. But they ask that this be in for the purposes of documentation issued by the government, so that somebody registered as an Indian under the Indian Act would constitute the proof. I would ask for the committee's support on this.