I would say no. This treaty that's mentioned in the bill is about land—and it has to be, if it's a self-government-based agreement. The Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty No. 3.... When we asked Canada to explain to us what information it was relying on in entering into these agreements with claimed Métis within our treaty territory, we were stonewalled.
Canada has shown us that it is not interested in protecting our interests. By way of a very specific example, my first nation has been negotiating a treaty land entitlement claim for a long time. It's essentially a land claim. The northwestern Ontario Métis community, one of the schedule 2 collectivities, and the MNO claimed that they have land-based rights in all of Manito Aki.