I don't know how you'd go about this. That's the other problem. If the rights holders then had an individual they would like to see and then the government just basically approved it all...but you can't bind the legislature. I get that. It's too bad there wasn't a process. Unless anyone else has a process here that would be an idea....
We mentioned that the reports come out and name and shame. If the government doesn't come to the negotiating table, then unfortunately court is the place we go. Nobody seems to want that.
If there are consequences within a department itself, whether politically with the minister or with the department in its leadership, so that if they're not living up to the word.... The reports have come out and they continue to ignore them, or they continue to say that it's not that big of a deal, there have to be some consequences. I think that's how we're going to have real change in this.
Look at how many education or boil water reports we've had come out. “Well, we haven't met our targets this year, so we'll push them on to next year and then maybe the next year if we don't meet....” Do you know what I'm saying? There are no consequences other than a story in the media for a day or two, shaming them. Then the story disappears, something else happens, and we're still left with issues in the education system or issues with water quality. It seems that there aren't any consequences.
I don't know if anyone online....
Chief Rempel, I know I've been kind of picking on you a lot. That's just because, as I said, you had previous testimony that got my brain working here.
If anyone else online or in person wants to comment or help us along, I'm willing to open it up.