Thank you. That's a good question. We did have that in our discussions as we were co-developing this legislation.
Basically, our view is that as we move forward we will be negotiating those levels of resources required for our governments to be able to handle or deal with child and family services. If Parliament were prepared to put in a principle for funding, then we wouldn't be opposed to that: something to the effect of “equitable funding” or “funding required to enable indigenous governments to carry out their responsibilities as necessary”.
Whatever terminology is there, that's fine, but in the absence of terminology, we believe that any government of the day would be prepared to negotiate levels that are required for indigenous governments to be able to fulfill their obligations. I have faith in the system that it's going to work.