I would like to jump in because I have a history with this particular government. I was one of the national leaders who stood with the former prime minister at sunrise. We were all stumbling around in the dark at four o'clock in the morning on Parliament Hill in the first sunrise ceremony. In our first national leaders meeting, the Liberal government said, “There is no relationship more important” to this government than that with indigenous peoples, first nations peoples.
If this does not go through, and if we continue to delay and use consultation as a stalling tactic, then that comment will be proven false. We really need to see this government uphold its commitment to our people, in front of our elders, our youth and all of our national leaders. It was the commitment it made on those territories and that land, saying that this relationship is important. The most important part of the relationship is whether we continue to exist.