I often get this question as well, as it ties into the calls to action. I think as we looked at the very painful moment of the rediscoveries in Kamloops and other locations, the focus moved quite rightly to the calls to action 72 through 76, which are now being extensively financed for people to do searches on their own time. It brought back lots of painful memories and the importance of putting the truth before reconciliation so that we can speak quite clearly about what is going right and what is going wrong, and about our relationship. It is the one impediment, and the justified mistrust toward the Canadian government, that prevents us from doing things like implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. That work is ongoing with the Minister of Justice, which we are assisting with.
I think, as Wilton Littlechild said, the declaration itself is a bunch of principles that set indigenous peoples at the starting line. The finish line is yet to come, and I don't know what that finish line looks like. It definitely isn't up to me to decide, but it's something that we have to keep working on with indigenous communities as we review our laws, which are extensive in nature, and regulations, and put together an action plan that reflects the contribution of indigenous communities to what that would look like.
Luckily, thanks to B.C. we have a path. It is not one that we would completely copy, but it's something that I think shows us where the pitfalls are, where the positive elements are and where we can move as a country, as a leader in implementing it, especially in our jurisdiction. Also, it's encouraging provinces, then, to adopt UNDRIP as their own set of principles as they implement and reform their laws to make them consonant with the basic inherent rights of indigenous peoples.