I agree with what Mary Eberts has just said. I'd like to add that over this long period when we've been trying to deal with sex discrimination in the Indian Act, consultation has never led to a change to the discriminatory provisions of the Indian Act. Those changes have come about only through litigation and through Senate amendments to litigation that were introduced for a narrow reason.
We need to look at what the history of consultation is with respect to getting rid of discriminatory provisions in the Indian Act. There is no record that it works.
I agree with Mary. We need to pass this legislation as quickly as possible and pivot to the future and how we're going to repair the harms that have been done.