Yes, I think it is a step in the right direction.
What surprises me the most—I believe this touches on the subject of your first question—is that the federal government did not check the records in this case, it did not do all the necessary checks on the Métis Nation of Ontario, or MNO, and its claims. The same is true in the case of the Government of Ontario, which recognized the MNO's six new communities in 2017 without checking the evidence.
So it is surprising that we are making laws that will recognize various rights and harm first nations in Ontario. Since the recognition of the MNO in 2017, it has already done harm.
These decisions seem more and more purely political. The MNO and the NunatuKavut Community Council, or NCC, seem to have representatives who are quite favourable to their interests, in short, the federal government seems to be listening to them. That is quite surprising.
When you look at the evidence, you see that the claims of southern Inuit identity and the claims of Métis identity in Ontario are invalid. Before even proposing a new version of Bill C‑53, the government should really take the time to check what is behind the claims of these two organizations in particular; it now has the time to do so.
The government should also have a clear policy on employment and identity fraud.