Absolutely.
I come back to the democratic right to choose. It's the democratic right to choose who represents you, to vote for who represents you and to be a part of a collectivity that represents you. It's always the right to choose. That is our democratic right. Again, Métis people value democracy.
As the president of the Métis National Council, I believe what's really important here is to recognize that the Métis National Council is not a Métis government. We are comprised of Métis governments. Those Métis governments have been comprised of citizens and leaders who have been organizing for generations, who have been doing this work for generations, for so long. They have been acting as governments for our people up until this point.
Those governments were the ones who came together in 1983, 40 years ago, to say that we need a national voice at the national level and at the international level. They created the Métis National Council. I get my direct mandate from them. It's really important for me to explain that, once again, the Métis National Council is not a Métis government. We are comprised of Métis governments, and those Métis governments are the ones who represent the section 35 rights of Métis citizens. Again, we always have the right to choose.