Thank you.
In support of our amendment, I'd like to refer you back to the Canadian Bar Association.
They specifically said:
While the wording about section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 in the previous Bill S-11 has been revised, section 3 of S-8 remains problematic. We believe that the qualification “except to the extent necessary to ensure the safety of the drinking water on First Nation lands” is in itself an explicit abrogation or derogation of existing Aboriginal or treaty rights pursuant to section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The qualification in section 3 of Bill S-8 does not, in our view, ameliorate the constitutional problems identified in our earlier submissions on Bill S-11.
Then it goes on.
Obviously, this is coming from the Bar Association. Maybe the legal representation would like to comment on this as well.