Thank you, Chair.
I'll go to Minister Alty first.
I want to commend you first on the FMB legislation. I think that's a fantastic initiative by the government. That's great news.
Going back to my colleague's comments on the budget, on the Cowichan decision, the City of Richmond was the only party at the trial arguing that the Crown grants of fee simple necessarily extinguished aboriginal title. The federal and provincial Crowns were each labouring under litigation directives that constrained their ability to argue extinguishment.
Minister, why would you tie the hands of your lawyers and not protect the rights of fee simple property owners in Canada?