Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank National Chief Fontaine for being here today. It has been a lengthy process, and we've heard from many witnesses.
I would like to ask you two questions. We have heard concerns from many of our witnesses around the land issue. Arising from this process, of course, through the tribunal is the settlement solely of monetary compensation. One of the concerns that was raised is that claimant groups that may be seeking land settlement may be forced into this process through the process that would deem them rejected.
The Canadian Bar Association has raised the matter that there is trepidation that this whole pattern or doctrine of deemed rejections that it found under the ICC may emerge, and they raised the question of what would be in place to deal with those. In that regard, they also made a statement that there was no independent body to review ministerial decisions to reject claims and to make decisions binding on the federal government. That is a concern we heard around the monetary compensation.
I would also like to ask you one other question, and this is regarding the trust and good faith. You raised the matter today in terms of the process we saw on the MRP, where we failed to have a piece of legislation that moved forward, reflected the consultation, no consultation on Bill C-21, and in fact that this government did choose not to participate in the duty to consult on the development of this Bill C-30. So how is it that you reconcile the good faith of this government, which did not sign the UN declaration either?
So I would like to ask those two questions.