I'll start and then pass it on to Ms. Gainey.
Chief Abram, you talked about your displeasure with the carbon tax. At the same time, you also talked about climate change, which perhaps disproportionately affects indigenous communities, particularly in places in the north—like my friend Michael McLeod's riding in the Northwest Territories, which has been pretty severely affected.
We also know that most conservative economists think the carbon tax is the most efficient way of addressing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Chief Abram, is your problem with the carbon tax per se or with the fact that you think first nations should get more of the rebate? We know it is meant to be revenue-neutral. I know indigenous people, like everyone else, get their individual rebates, but perhaps the argument is that first nations communities use more fossil fuels because of their isolation. They're up north and ought to get more of the rebate.
Again, is your problem with the carbon tax per se, or with the way the rebate is handled, figuring first nations communities should get a better deal on it?
