Thank you, Minister. Again, I appreciate that. I want to stress again the urgency, because this was 2022. It's been two years that your government has been dragging its feet. Since the commitment, of course, you've had nine years in government, with ample opportunity to move this forward.
I had an opportunity to speak with your deputy minister at a previous committee about this process. He mentioned that, “It is simply the struggle of co-developing legislation”.
Minister, why is developing legislation in consultation with first nations a struggle for your department?