I guess that is a question about a dream. If the treaties were being implemented properly, if the federal government and the honour of the Crown were being upheld, we wouldn't be having this discussion and we wouldn't need a commissioner, but they are not.
We have heard from witness after witness, treaty partner after treaty partner, that their failure at implementation has been an ongoing structural issue across all different types of political parties for well over 20 years. This is a long-time issue that really needs to be addressed, and the tool that we believe in, the tool that we've worked on and co-developed together to support the proper implementation of our treaties, is Bill C-10.
