First and foremost, we do have self-determination. We are sovereign. It's not a matter of government giving us something that we already have.
Second, we need to go as far as we need to go. We need government to recognize and get out of that space by acknowledging and respecting the sovereignty and self-governance of our nations.
Any legislation that is discriminatory to our people, that holds us back and that has people deciding for us needs to be eliminated. I would go as far as I had to in order to eliminate discrimination in any legislation and any act affecting our people.
In future years, yes, we need to work towards that, because we need to ensure that we're treated with respect and within the principles of the treaty.
The court says to end discrimination now. If everybody's saying that, why are we not doing it?
