In keeping with what Mr. Pelletier was saying and what President Obed was saying, I think the government can put confidence in actual indigenous peoples who verify claims. We heard here that the MMF has its own process for verifying Red River Métis businesses. I think having confidence in the ways in which indigenous people themselves are determining their citizens is important for the government to practice.
For most of the claims being made that I and many others qualify as being indigenous identity fraud, people don't bring anything forward. There's nothing. It's really just a story they have. It's a belief they have. They don't bring a first nation forward. They don't bring forward belonging to a particular Inuit government. They're very vague and evasive. Right away this raises red flags.
I think it's possible to have verification in place that relies on indigenous governments and on having maybe a few people who have certain expertise for those claims that might fall a little bit outside of those. Really, we're talking about a small number of claims that could be legitimate that wouldn't already be recognized by indigenous peoples through their governments and other organizations.
Thank you.