It has only been exercised three times under the Indian Act. Sometimes I use the expression ”don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good”. To me, this is something that may do a lot of good but might not be perfect.
I compare it to some extent to the First Nations Land Management Act. It was opt-in legislation, not generally supported when it first took place, but now we have an enormous number of first nations who want to opt in.
This seems to have a lot of good in it, and there may be some flaws, such as all legislation might have, but does it not make sense to let it go through, let those who want to opt in do so, while the ones who don't want to don't? I don't think this is going to be an area in which the minister is exercising discretion frequently, based on the past practice of three times ever.