Thank you for the question, Ms. Gill.
The impact on Kebaowek rights.... Again, we're in numerous battles every single day, every single week, on projects, whether they're waste dumps, bridges, dams, pipelines or what have you. We want to be equals at a table. We want to have our rights and our titles recognized. We want to have our indigenous jurisdiction recognized. We want to have our unceded Algonquin territory recognized. Until that happens....
When we are trying to sit at the table with the Crown, its regulators, its agencies and proponents of projects, it's tough to have meaningful communication and dialogue, because we're not equals at this table.
What's even more concerning is that not only are we not equals at this table, but others, supposed rights holders and title holders, are sitting at the same table, having their voices listened to, however you want to put it, when, again, an indigenous community is trying to speak and voice its concerns.
It's tough to pinpoint exactly what the impact on our rights would be regarding this legislation and projects currently taking place on our unceded Algonquin territory. The biggest impact is that our rights have yet to be recognized, including our titles, our jurisdiction and our unceded territory.