I don't want to diminish your point, MP Vidal. I'm open to recommendations as to what this committee, the vast majority of whom are not indigenous, would suggest. I don't want to reproduce the same artifice that you're criticizing this bill as having. Indeed, if you extend it to the whole parliamentary process, you have another set of arguments that feed into the initial criticism.
At one point someone has to make a decision. I would highlight that the minister does not have absolute discretion. It does say that it is done “in collaboration with the transitional committee”. Again, I'm open to the recommendations of the committee as it considers other witnesses.