Qujannamiik.
NDP-65 is an amendment that was submitted to us by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. Through their analysis and the work they did—and I thank them for it—they saw that clause 28, which talks about support, could be improved. This is because the way clause 28 currently reads is:
The Minister may provide support to First Nation governing bodies with respect to the entering into of the agreements referred to in sections 23 to 25.
The amendment would change “may” to “must”, so that the minister must provide support to first nations.
Qujannamiik, Iksivautaq.