Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We debated a similar amendment that also included this piece around “the Minister must”. The concern is just that it's removing that self-determination piece again for individual first nations as to how their laws will be applied over their territories. There's the idea that protection agreements will be forthcoming as well, so it's again about that self-determined piece. It's about ensuring that they are the ones to drive that process as well. We don't want to be too prescriptive, so while it's well-intentioned, again, I think it removes the power of individual communities to pick the standard they would prefer.
I would also defer to our experts again to clarify whether I'm understanding that correctly. However, that's my position on this one.