I'm going to jump in here first and allow Mr. Benoit to clean up whatever I mess up here. I wanted to make a note. Dr. Coates talked about Métis nations, plural, and I want to make it clear that there is only one historic Métis Nation. There are Métis governance structures within what is now provincial jurisdiction, but our homeland is ours, and it is not made up of these boxes that were made by the colonial government.
One thing that may not have been brought to the attention here is what the prime purpose is, as stated in the constitution of the Métis Nation of Ontario. First and foremost, their prime purpose is land. When they say that this self-government legislation, the treaties, aren't going to be about land, that they're only going to be about internal structures, then there's an inconsistency when you look at what they say they want to do, what they're telling their members that they're going to do, and what they're telling the public and the chiefs and the committee that they're going to do. Land is an issue, for sure.
For us, in the homeland, what the land issues are for the so-called Métis in Ontario is less of an issue. I was listening and watching the first nations leadership last week, and there is a big concern. We have been supporting them and supporting their calls to be able to ask questions. For us, land is absolutely vital. It's important. We have our own process. We went to court. We won at the Supreme Court in MMF v. Canada. We're working on a process that's distinct and separate from this kind of work here, but yes, that is a big issue.