Yes. Thank you for that recognition. That is at the crux of the work we do. I also want to acknowledge the work James Bezan has done for many years representing first nations. I think both of us, if James will allow me to share, feel that this particular change is unfair and disrespectful to these two first nations—deeply disrespectful—and, as noted, will contribute to disenfranchisement, which, as you pointed out, Ms. Blaney, is a huge issue that we've all said we need to contend with.
One way of contending with that is acting on this objection and reinstating these two first nations into Churchill—Keewatinook Aski. We've spent seven years building relationships. I don't mean this in a political sense; I mean it in terms of service and communities. In fact, one of our three offices is in Peguis First Nation, which is the biggest hub in the Interlake region. Essentially, we'd be cutting off two first nations that are relatively close to Peguis from being able to access constituency services, which I think we can all agree is not acceptable.
As was pointed out, again, these were two first nations that this proposal was never on the table to remove from the constituency. They didn't have the opportunity to voice anything. We hope the commission will take into account that it's not the way to do things. I think there were real efforts made in terms of the big picture and respecting first nations, but this is a particular indication that there is work to be done on that front, and a way of fixing that or correcting that wrong is by reinstating the entirety of Little Saskatchewan First Nation and the other half of Lake St. Martin back into Churchill—Keewatinook Aski.