Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to put a few quick remarks on the record for the amendment. I know the two amendments are similar.
I appreciate Ms. Normandin's remarks very much, and I notice that in the opening of her remarks she mentioned that the Bloc recognizes the rights of indigenous people.
One of the concerns we have with her amendments was that they actually take out the words “recognize and affirm”. Our understanding is that they are quite symbolic words for the indigenous peoples, and she said them in her remarks. That was one of our concerns with that. We thought that language was very important to include, so that's one of the reasons we will be opposing the amendment.