Meegwetch.
[Member speaks in Cree ]
I think all of you talked about the policies and about how these policies do not necessarily respond to the challenges that we have, either in treaty implementation or in terms of the other issues that we face as first nations.
I have to tell you first, Nelson, that when you welcomed the grandchildren of the settlers, I did not feel welcome at all.
Sheila, when you talked about broken promises, even if I said to you, “Welcome, to the club,” it would be a bad joke.
I just want to acknowledge those two things first.
I'll ask the question that Gary asked, but from a different perspective.
You all talked about UNDRIP and the importance of having the UN declaration as a framework for moving forward in this country. I think we all agree, and I thank you for your full support for my private member's bill. That's exactly what Bill C-262 intends to do. Whatever we work on in the future, whether it's on treaty implementation or land recognition or rights recognition and so on, those need to be the minimum standards that we will have to use moving forward.
I'll ask my question in the opposite way from how Gary did.
Do we therefore need a policy for all of these things we are discussing today, or would it be simpler to use an instrument like the UN declaration or the jurisprudence that stems from the Supreme Court of Canada?
There are a lot of decisions that respond to a lot of the challenges that we're talking about, so is there a need for a policy? That is perhaps the first question I want to ask all three of you.