Thank you for the question. I'm sure my colleagues may want to jump in on this as well.
The Métis Nation of Ontario, the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and the Métis Nation of Alberta all follow a national definition. We each have very strong registries, and the process to apply for citizenship is very rigorous. We take that very seriously. In fact, we take it so seriously that in Ontario recently, our citizens' assembly, after a multi-year independent review of our registry, determined that there were some 5,000 citizen files on people who achieved citizenship without meeting the criteria over the course of the last 30 years, perhaps before we had a national definition and resources for our registry, so we've resolved to remove those 5,000 citizens. That's how seriously we take the issue of citizenship.
We don't have buses that roam around the province. That's another piece of information some have thrown out there. We have a very rigorous registry process, a very professional registry, and we determine who belongs. I think that's the important part of Bill C-53: Indigenous peoples have the right—this is part of UNDRIP as well—to decide who belongs. Bill C-53 respects our Métis government's right to determine citizenship, and we do that through a rigorous process.