Thank you.
I certainly appreciate all the testimony we've had today. It doesn't matter your position on Bill C-262, I think the spirit of what we need to do lies with all parties in Parliament.
We're talking about Bill C-262, an important part of that path, or is there ultimately a better route forward in what we do?
In my opening speech on this, I indicated I was concerned that it wasn't government legislation because it didn't have drafters from the justice department. Mr. Newman, because it is a signatory commitment of the government, first of all, should it have been appropriated as government legislation?
I like the way you talk about the different interpretations of consent. You had it laid out into three different interpretations. Truly, I believe we should have a common understanding, or indigenous peoples should come to some kind of common understanding about that language, or is that going to have to happen after?
Again, Mr. Newman, could you speak to those issues? I have concerns about the interpretations. I think this should be government legislation.