Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all the presenters for today's presentations.
What is clear is that there is a difference of opinion about how we should proceed with this specific claims legislation.
I'm sharing my time with the member for Nunavut.
We've heard about lack of consultation. Mr. Simon said that is the obligation of the federal government. We've heard about the backlog. We've heard about the extinguishment legislation. In fact, in terms of the AFN, one of their documents does make a specific reference to the fact that in this legislation it is very clear on the whole issue of the land that the federal government is discharging its obligation as a good and prudent fiduciary in imposing extinguishment.
How do we move forward? How do we reconcile the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with a particular piece of legislation that does call for extinguishment? It's just that we're hearing so many presentations. Some people oppose it; some people feel we should move forward with amendments; some people feel we should move swiftly through this process to make sure it moves through the legislative process.
I'd like to ask, from the different perspectives, what you think about that whole requirement of extinguishment.