I agree with your analysis.
To be clear, I serve as a volunteer member of the registration reform and legal solutions committee. I believe the title is legal policy and implementation analysis in the second generation cut-off rule in section 10 voting thresholds.
I'm being mindful of the timeline Parliament is faced with right now to come up with a legislated solution to the problems that were introduced in R v. Nicholas. I know there's a time crunch, and balancing the urgency of the time crunch with the need for genuine engagement with first nations is certainly an obstacle in this case that parliamentarians have to be mindful of. There's a need for consultation.
However, this isn't the first time that Parliament has been faced with the need to come up with an urgent solution to a problem impacting first nations across Canada. I think we can take guidance from previous examples. Perhaps we can use Bill S-3. Interim solutions needed to be introduced immediately in that circumstance. I believe status was opened up. The status rules were relaxed for individuals who were born prior to 1985, while a parallel process was introduced under Bill S-3 that allowed for and directed the minister to engage with first nations—