I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude, but I have such limited time and I have a lot of questions.
I get what you're saying and I get what you're implying—that you wouldn't override that. However, the bill clearly says “selected by the Minister”. That is the language of the actual bill.
In all fairness, the relationship with indigenous people is one that probably lacks trust, and for good reason. There's lots of history for that to happen.
I'm concerned with the record of the government. We could talk about all kinds of people. I'm not going to go into specifics, but you're kind of saying, “Trust me that I won't put any undue pressure. I won't influence the process. I won't...,” but the bill actually says you have control.
You also opened the door to my next question, which would be whether you would be willing to give up that control to alleviate the concerns of indigenous people who have lost that trust. Would you sit down at the table with us and come up with a way that maybe we could ensure that it is indigenous people, indigenous organizations, that not only appoint the future boards after five years but also are a part of appointing that first board, which is going to set the playing field and the ground rules for all future elections of the boards?