Mr. Martin Reiher (Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs) at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Mr. Chair, I'd like to add that, with respect to the concern that this might be too broad, the term is also characterized by the fact that it says “that is authorized to act on behalf of the Métis collectivity”. The indigenous governing body is the concept that allows this provision to say that the Métis government is able to act as the government on behalf of the Métis collectivity. It specifies that it's about the Métis collectivity that is referred to in the schedule. We believe it is actually focused towards the right body.