Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This again comes to the crux of it. Ms. Goulet spoke here. She is Métis. She has an affinity for her Métis people and is not wishing to be separated from them. That's the challenge here. You say that this won't affect people who don't want to be represented by the Métis Nation of Alberta. That's true if she doesn't want to be part of the Métis Nation of Alberta, but she does identify with.... She is Métis, and these are her brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts. She feels herself to be part of the Métis people and doesn't think that this is the correct method of governance, or the correct government.
To say, they're not affected.... No, actually they are quite affected by this. The federal government has picked a particular organization to call the Métis government of Alberta. That's what we're getting at.
I don't think we're going to turn back time on this, but it isn't that she's unaffected by the federal government picking the Métis Nation of Alberta to be the partner the federal government is going to operate with. I think that's been missing in this entire discussion—to say that she's not affected. No, she is very much affected by this. She was a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta prior to it seeking government status. That is a reality we need to focus on and ensure is captured in this entire discussion.