Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Lemay earlier referred to the fact that all of the witnesses had recommended a non-derogation clause, and I would take exception to that, because there clearly were some who did not.
He also mentioned in his earlier remarks, as we dealt with the proposed amendment, that it should be all or none. Mr. Chair, I believe it should be none. I believe that existing aboriginal and treaty rights are currently constitutionally protected in section 35 of the Constitution Act in the same way that individual rights and freedoms are protected by the charter. So in my opinion there's no need to make reference to aboriginal and treaty rights in this bill for that constitutional protection to apply. That protection is automatic, so I would just ask the mover of this motion why we would want to include something that is redundant or already protected in the Constitution Act and the charter.