I'll obviously give my counsel an opportunity to add after the fact, but I would submit that “Métis peoples” is broader. There are Métis collectivities—and in particular when we're using “collectivities”, as Ms. Redmond has said, we mean rights-bearing collectivities—and they comprise.... There are a number of rights-bearing Métis collectivities that make up the broader group that you might refer to as “Métis peoples”, which are one of the three aboriginal peoples in Canada protected under the Constitution. I think that there are different layers, that there are broader and more specific references within the suggested amendments.
On December 5th, 2023. See this statement in context.