Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Minister, for coming forward today.
I think we can all agree that the status quo simply is not working. I don't want to ask you another question on consultation because, quite honestly, 30 years of consultation is far too long; in 1985, 2000, 2005, we were getting the same message. The people in the communities that I represent, northeastern Alberta, give me the same message, that the status quo is simply not working.
Any time we look at a democracy, any time we talk about democracy, the first thing that people address is the fundamental human rights that citizens have within that democracy. Quite honestly, when you talk about addressing solutions for the future for a people, you would think that fundamental human rights would be a part of that.
One of the myths that the former government continually perpetuated was the so-called Kelowna Accord. Minister, I would like to ask you, did this so-called accord actually deal with fundamental human rights, such as the repealing of section 67?