I concur. I believe that anything that prohibits or takes away any right that we have as a self-determining nation doesn't do justice to support who we are from a sovereignty or self-determining perspective.
Back in the day, we determined who our membership was. Back in the day, there was no legislation that came in and said, “You are this; you are that.” You were born who you were, and that's who you were. Other nationalities don't have anybody or any legislation to tell them who they are. If they're German, Japanese or whatever, that's who they are.
When it comes to first nations people, you're 6(1) or 6(2), and you're going to lose your status and so on and so forth. I don't think that's proper or right. Any legislation that is short of that definitely has to be addressed in very good, respectful and honest ways.
When we come from the perspective of wahkohtowin, which talks about relationships and kinship, etc., and how they are defined, that's exclusive authority within the family and clan systems, and within all the systems that are governed, right from our lodges to our existence as peoples.