Well, I think what we're proposing here is that we work collaboratively on this bill. We're not strangers to collaboratively drafting legislation, especially in our Northwest Territories. This is where we come together as treaty partners to improve what isn't working—or try to improve what isn't working—and we are reaching out to this government, to this Parliament.
Treaties shouldn't be blaming or shaming. They shouldn't be about party lines. We're coming to you to say, “Let's fix this together.” Let's create something together that will make sure that as treaty partners, regardless of which party is in power—as you know, whoever is in power represents the Crown—we live up to those obligations and we work together. Here, we're giving you something for you to live by so that we can all work together to make sure it works.
It is a systemic problem within government, and it's been like that for years. We know that. It's a broken system, and this is a way to make sure treaty obligations are committed to or followed through on so that Canada prospers at the end of the day, because we're all working together. As I said—