Thanks, Mr. May, for being here and giving us your information.
I took the opportunity to read through the supplementary agreement. As I read through section 8 of the agreement—I don't know if you have it there or not—it certainly talks about the criteria from the Powley decision. It says:The Parties intended that the Enrolment Committee assess whether applicants had previously self-identified as Members of the Mi’kmaq Group of Indians of Newfoundland.
Then it goes on to explain that section 24 of the guidelines stated that as long as you signed an application, that counted as previous evidence of self-identification.
As a lawyer myself, I look at that and wonder if this was perhaps what I might describe as a drafting oversight or a drafting error in the first agreement.