Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I will be asking my question in English, because it's kind of technical.

With regard to the wording of proposed clause 14.1 in NDP-24, it states in the middle of the paragraph, “must at least meet the First Nation's needs for the purpose of exercising its Aboriginal and treaty rights, among other purposes.”

Is that not clear? It says, “for the purpose of exercising its Aboriginal and treaty rights”. Is it okay in the way it's worded? It's not creating a debate about what treaty rights are, because that's not what the provision says; it's asking for an amendment that allows “First Nation's needs for the purpose of exercising its Aboriginal and treaty rights”.