Mr. Battiste has spoken to the conversations he's had with the Métis governments about the schedule of the bill, so I don't know that I need to speak to that at the moment. However, I would like to point to an amendment that was accepted by this committee previously, which was a non-derogation provision specifically to set out Métis collectivities that have not authorized these Métis governments to represent them:
...nothing in this Act is to be construed as abrogating or derogating from the right to self-determination....
While I'm certainly happy to be corrected, Mr. Viersen, I understand that as trying to get at the same issue, and it is an amendment that was accepted by this committee.