I don't think it advances Métis rights because we already have those rights. I think what it does is sets the clarity of the process, sets the clarity for how people and industry need to work with us.
I will give you a perfect example. I speak highly of Enbridge. People have criticized Enbridge in the past, but I speak highly of them because they knocked on our door and said, “Look, we want to work with you, we want to sit down together, we want to partner with you, but we don't want a one-year agreement.” It's typical of industry to come in, get their product done, get the pipe in line, walk away and say, “See you 50 years from now.”
Enbridge has changed that ideology, and actually are changing their method of hiring, their method of procurement, all of these things they are working on right now. We have a 50-year agreement we're working towards right now.
I think he said it right, the president of Enbridge. I will say it very clearly. He said, “You know what? We all know I will be gone and so will you, David, but we have to come back in 50 years to change that pipeline again no matter what, or we have to take it out. One way or another it only lasts 50 years and we have to come back. That's the law.”
At the end of the day, he said he would rather have a relationship now and stay with us for 50 years so that when we come back there's not a fight, there's not a disagreement and we're all working on the same path.
This is the kind of ideology that's slowly being embraced by industry. They see that partnership is the way to go. I believe that in my leadership. I believe that's what made us very successful. I had three people on staff. I have 900 on staff now, and I run a lot of businesses. When you look at it overall, you can see that from a partnership perspective it's always good to be win-win.