Again, NWAC'S position is that we need to have a legislated seat on the board. As President McBride has said, our work is unique. We have our own analytical tools, such as a culturally relevant gender-based analysis that is applied to everything we do.
In addition to that, we're a national organization that has been providing advocacy and representation for nearly 50 years. NWAC is expert at this point, and it's insulting that we have not been included. It's also insulting that there are only three national indigenous organizations and that the remainder of the committee's members will be picked by government.
As you said, the best way we can include the voices of the individuals we represent is by permitting NWAC a seat at the table, under subclause 10(1) through the addition of a paragraph 10(1)(d).