Brent Rathgeber at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to all of our witnesses for your interesting perspectives.

I want to zero in on the issue of liability. To the chiefs and grand chiefs who were concerned about the downloading of liability from federal or provincial authorities to first nations, I'm curious if you're familiar with clause 11 of the bill, specifically subclause 11(3).

Do you agree with my interpretation that those provisions do not download responsibility to first nations, but rather they put limited liabilities on all parties who act under the regulations, including first nations? Can anybody answer that?