Thank you very much.
I would like to talk about subclause 9(3) in the bill. That's on page 6.
This talks about substantive equality and the idea that children are supposed to receive the same level of services no matter where they are, especially 9(3)(e), which says:
in order to promote substantive equality between Indigenous children and other children, a jurisdictional dispute must not result in a gap in the child and family services that are provided in relation to Indigenous children.
Now, this specifically doesn't mention Jordan's principle, but this bill itself is not just about health care; it's also about a wider range of services.
Pamela, I was wondering, in your estimation—and, obviously, I suspect you will say no—could you, as a lawyer, take the federal government to court if they didn't have or were not funding...? Let's say there was a change in government and the new government decided they did not wish to fund child welfare for whatever reason—and I understand the fear of indigenous peoples related to that. Would you be able to take the federal government to court and say that under this bill, they are supposed to have substantive equality and they're not funding this; there is a major difference between the level of services and this is a human rights case, so they need to fund that? Would you be able to take that to court using that clause?