Okay.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As you can appreciate, the bylaw-making powers within the Indian Act are pretty narrow. There are about 22 abilities for a nation to make those decisions. When we're looking at enforcement, it's going to be at a myriad of levels. Those nations that are close to municipalities will need to work with the municipal police force. There are nations out in northern Alberta that may need to work with the RCMP detachment. Also, it may be up to their own policing or peace officer program as to whichever system is applied.
When it comes to enforcement, we're asking all levels to be able to enforce. We will need to work with not just federal or provincial levels but with all levels of government. We're finding on the ground that this is a lot easier to do with our neighbours, because they understand the realities and they understand what exactly we need. In those cases that you heard about today, there are issues with drug problems and with folks who are not leaving their nation. It means working on those items, like the banishment that you talked about, MP Battiste.
We really do need to get to the bottom of being able to enforce it. What mechanism that is will depend on each nation. We have a very big country with a lot of different experiences and a lot of different communities that are at different levels. We need to address each one individually as it comes about.