Economic reconciliation has got to be a big part of what we're talking about here in terms of the word “reconciliation”, but there are other pieces: the funding agreements—very paternalistic—and the politics of what first nations can do and can't do. In B.C., members of the sitting government actually stated that first nations should not be looking to LNG as part of their future and that they should look to examples of what they did in the Okanagan in terms of real estate development. That's the mentality that's in B.C., and yet you have examples of first nations advocating and supporting energy projects, forestry projects and mining projects.
I keep going back to it. I came from a life of poverty. I'm now witnessing the opposite. I'm witnessing a band council that doesn't need Ottawa money, that doesn't regard the Indian Act in any way. More importantly, I'm seeing the band members succeed. To me, that is the result of good reconciliation, because it benefits everybody in B.C. and not just my band members.