Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Pseudo-indigenous people, or pretendians in English, are non-indigenous people who falsely claim indigenous ancestry or identity to take advantage of it for personal gain. What are you going to do about this?
You've got the situation of the Algonquins of Ontario. The Chalk River project was socially sanctioned despite objections from nearly every Algonquin and Anishinabe nation.
There's the Métis of Ontario and the Métis National Council who lost their raison d'être with the scrapping of Bill C‑53, but continue to receive federal funding.
The federal government awards contracts to companies that falsely claim to be indigenous. Canadian Heritage provides grants for indigenous cultural events organized by non-indigenous artists.
Academics and civil servants occupy positions designated for indigenous people, but no one has looked into whether they really are indigenous or not.
There are pretendians serving as an insurance policy in consultations conducted by the nuclear, gas and oil industries, and many other companies.
How far will things go? Will we finally see the end of it? Are you finally going to put your foot down? What’s going on?