Good morning, ladies. It is refreshing to have you with us this morning.
I have seen, in the past two years, the thinly veiled attempts of this government to get rid of responsibilities it has regarding aboriginal nations across the country. These are veiled attempts because they are made within legislation that may seem harmless at first glance, but we can see that the bills coming from the members are no exception to the rule.
I particularly appreciated the part of your presentation that dealt with the scope of the concept of consultation and the search for consent from the parties. I would like you to go into this more deeply by talking to us about the possibility being offered to the nations, first and foremost to their members as individuals, of not giving their consent to a particular initiative.
Also I would like you to talk to us about the need for this government to go and consult the members of the communities, above all, and not be content with meeting the nine leaders of a community. In Uashat-Maliotenam, to take a familiar example, there are 9 leaders for 3,000 individuals. It cannot be considered that a proper consultation has taken place if only these nine individuals are consulted.