Yes. It's that Bill C-35, in the preamble, be amended by adding after line 29 on page 2 the following:
Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to upholding the right of Indigenous peoples to be consulted in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent for legislation pertaining to Indigenous children;
There are a couple of reasons this is important. One is that the committee approved the amendment contained within the bill, which makes it a necessary change.
The other thing is that I know Ms. Reddin indicated that amending the bill by adding “free, prior and informed consent” served no purpose. However, in the framework agreement that was signed, there is mention that indigenous peoples have a right to self-determination over matters impacting their kids. The very definition of self-determination is actually “free, prior and informed consent”, so the framework confirms that.
I'm merely stating what's already stated in the framework. If there was a concern about free, prior and informed consent, then perhaps they should have looked at that when they were developing the framework in consultation with indigenous peoples. In the framework, they recognize self-determination. Again, self-determination is defined as the right of indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent on matters impacting children.