Okay. I'm sorry.
Right now, under the Indian Act, first nations have the option under section 10 to enact their own membership code if they draft it and have a community vote on it. It's approved by Indian Affairs, ISC or whomever, and then they have their own membership code. In Canada right now, it's about 60%, or maybe half and half. Some have done that and some have not. Bands that have not chosen to enact their own membership codes go by the Indian Act. If you're a status Indian, you're a member. If you have your own membership code, sometimes that means the same thing, but sometimes they might add other criteria to that.
The problem with this is that the federal government has told bands to enact their own membership codes in the hopes of transferring liability for all of the historic discrimination and exclusion of first nations women. They're trying to push it onto bands. Many bands that want to have their own membership code have said, “We are not assuming any of the federal government's liability. You need to fix your mess first. Bring our people back and compensate them. Then we will have our own membership code.”
There are a lot of different reasons, but that's one of them. It's to not assume the liability of the federal government.