Thank you so much, Chair.
I want to continue the discussion around membership lists and the impact of the Indian Act on first nations people having control over their membership lists.
We're dealing with a situation of pretendianism and procurement. We have people checking boxes and people who are distanced from our nations making decisions about who is indigenous and who is not. I think we need to get rid of the Indian Act and replace it with human rights.
However, why is it important to amend the Indian Act to give back rightful control of membership to nations?