Thank you. That's a great question.
For me, it's about holding the federal government accountable for the responsibilities of the treaty on their part.
Recently, K'ómoks First Nation was doing a public forum with B.C. and Canada. Canada unilaterally made a decision in that presentation, without conversation with the province or K'ómoks First Nation, to extend the effective date of our treaty by one year. If we had had a treaty commissioner overseeing that process, we wouldn't have been blindsided in a public forum.
We need to be able to hold our treaty partners accountable in a responsible way that is also independent of the federal government and the nation. I think that is the responsible way to move forward. It provides a level of comfort to all parties within the treaty to have that independent body.
I don't know if that answers your question.