First I'd like to thank the Tsawwassen for allowing us to do this work on their territory.
What we hear consistently from chiefs and communities is that they want a process established.... Calls for this have been coming since 1947. You'll see in the appendix of negotiation or confrontation that there is a list of 18 separate calls, mostly from government bodies or studies like this, calling for a truly independent process.
The key feature of it is that Canada not assess claims against itself. Currently, that's what happens. A claim is submitted, and Canada then assesses its validity. That validity is right now determining such things as access to negotiation dollars and access to full and fair negotiations. In order for this process to work and to bring about reconciliation, it has to be independent and it has to facilitate negotiations.