I wouldn't want to speak for the first nations of Ontario, but I do think it's problematic. I spoke in May at a summit between the assembly of chiefs and the Red River Métis in Winnipeg. I said the same thing.
This isn't an isolated problem affecting a handful of nations. There are cases all over Canada. I'm thinking of the NunatuKavut community in Labrador, which falsely claims to be Inuit. It's received millions of dollars in grants. I'm also thinking of the false eastern Métis nations that claim Mi'kmaq heritage through a root ancestor, or the eastern Métis of Quebec. French Canadians have even hijacked the Native Alliance of Quebec away from genuine first nations descendants.
This isn't an isolated problem; it's happening all across Canada and the United States. It's great that the committee is studying this situation, because first nations, Inuit and Métis people have been holding up the red flag for decades and saying they need help. A whole tsunami of people are appropriating the identity of indigenous peoples in Canada.