Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for coming before us today.
I'm going to give Ms. Harvard a chance to answer the consultation process, but I'm going to couch it in a framework.
I thank Ms. Harvard for speaking about the personal impacts of Bill C-31, section 6.2, because I think that's a really good example of how concerned many women and men are who have come before the committee to talk about unanticipated consequences. When we're talking about consultation, what we've been hearing from people, almost without exception, is that if you are going to develop legislation that is going to impact on our lives and our communities, you absolutely must include us in developing that legislation. You cannot unilaterally impose legislation upon us and then ask us to live with the consequences.
I think our struggle, in part, at the committee has been that we don't all come from the same understanding around what consultation means and how absolutely essential it is for nations to be included.
Ms. Harvard, I wonder if you want to pick up on the consultation piece from there. And that's the only question I'm going to ask.