I just want to support my colleague, Eric Melillo. I think what he says is very accurate. This is a pre-emptive bit of good advice, especially as part of the legislation, to keep it out of the courts.
Let's get back to the premise of the bill. This is very much setting itself up to be an impediment to getting water for first nations, as opposed to actually getting water for first nations. This government has been in power for nine years. Are all the boil water advisories gone? No, they're not. The government promised that they'd be gone as of 2021, but here we are.
The government could keep going down the list and just keep eliminating those boil water advisories, but instead of that, it's offering a piece of legislation that potentially will restrict water for first nations and get it caught up in courts across the country because certain provinces have problems with the way this legislation is written.
I would challenge the government just to get water done and, you know, follow up on a promise it made a long time ago instead of tangling up the entire process in the courts.
Thanks.