According to the wording in French, Aboriginal traditional knowledge seems to be optional. This reduces the value of traditional knowledge. It is important to understand that this gives the minister a huge discretionary power and that it reduces the weight that needs to be attached to knowledge that people have acquired on the ground over thousands of years. It is essential. In this case, we are reducing the added value of the Aboriginal participants.
I think that the people living on those isolated territories would view this poorly. I would submit this to you in its entirety.