I can certainly say that section 12 is simply not good enough. As President McBride said, NWAC's inclusion must be legislated in the same way as the other three NIOs.
It's not good enough to say that NWAC isn't precluded or that NWAC might be able to get a position on the council's board sometime in the next five years. NWAC fears that without explicit, equitable and inclusive legislation guaranteeing NWAC a spot at the table, the voices of the people we represent, who are already so marginalized in so many intersectional ways, will fall through the cracks and be left behind once again.