Mr. Chair, thank you again.
I'd love to welcome my good colleague, Mr. Melillo, to our committee as well.
I think it was at the last meeting that I made a comment about the word “Métis” showing up in the Constitution of Canada, which caused a reaction in my colleague, Mr. Battiste. I'm not quite sure what his concern was, but here we are.
I just want to make sure for his benefit that this particular amendment notes the meaning assigned to the definition of “aboriginal peoples of Canada”, subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982. That piece of the Constitution says, “In this Act, aboriginal peoples of Canada includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.”
I think the comments I made the other day still stand. That is what this bill hopes to realize.