I think the point is that clause 20 of the bill talks about being able to coordinate jurisdiction with not just one province but the provinces within which an indigenous people are located. Indigenous people have indigenous governing bodies. I think the legislation left it open because we are in transition, and we have to let people make choices about who is our government. That may not be an Indian Act band council, as the national chief has said. It may be in some places I work with, the Huu-ay-aht or Nisga'a or Haida. It's a nation-based approach.
The authority for children is authority over the people. A lot of times in western Canada, as you will know, there are even a lot of children from Manitoba first nations in British Columbia. We have to repatriate them. Child welfare involves making decisions about children who are connected to people and places. It's not abnormal for us to do it. It's just we have a pretty chopped-up child welfare system now and there's a lot of interprovincial transfers of children without any rules. This will allow us maybe to be a bit more coordinated and a bit more principled, and hopefully develop some regulations on some of the very specific issues you've raised.