Mr. Michael Schintz at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On December 13th, 2023. See this statement in context.

December 13th, 2023 / 11:30 a.m.

Federal Negotiations Manager, Negotiations - Central, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Michael Schintz

My understanding, Mr. Viersen, speaking as the non-lawyer on this panel, is that effectively there's a list of various final agreements that are part of this legislation. The Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act is on that list. This amendment exists purely because that list needs to continue to be maintained as new agreements are added. It's genuinely a very technical detail about there being a list of agreements.

The Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act hasn't come into force; however, it is on that list nonetheless. That's really what this is about.

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