The agreements that were signed in February 2023 between each of these Métis governments and Canada are sort of precursor agreements to the treaty. That's how they are described within those agreements themselves. They're intended to be replaced by the treaties that will be given legal force and effect through this bill. Those agreements won't get force of law through this legislation, but they form the basis for continuing negotiations with each of those governments and essentially give us a sense of the content of the treaties that will follow.
When I refer to those agreements as being relevant now, it's that they are contracts between Canada and each of these Métis governments. Regardless of whether they get force of law through this legislation, which they don't, there is still an existing agreement on the books between Canada and each of these governments, and there's value in there being consistency in how the collectivities concerned in each of those are described.