I think it's everything that I said before. There are no kinship connections. There is no political action that puts us together. There is no common language.
“Métis” is not a word like “Indian” or “first nations”, where there are all kinds of different groups within that. Métis is a nation. It's one historic nation. All these markers that make us who we are, a distinct indigenous nation, are not present in Ontario in these new communities.
I might add that the problem is maybe not for me to try to prove a negative. The proof is that the research is absolutely sloppy. I was just given a report today by a couple of esteemed academics, Dr. Celeste Pedri-Spade and Darryl Leroux, who did a research paper on the Sault Ste. Marie Métis community. That's absolutely something that we can send to you as well, along with some of the other work that Dr. Leroux and others have done with respect to some of the other so-called Métis communities in Ontario.
We will make sure those are available to the committee as well.