Thank you.
My next question is for Mr. Chartier.
Mr. Chartier, in law there's a concept of honour of the crown, which places a particular obligation on the government to consult with the aboriginal communities in terms of any decisions that might affect them. The last time we met, we had a representative from the Inuit community and I asked her if indeed there had been any consultation from the crown, from the government, vis-à-vis her community. The answer was “No, there has not”.
Did the government consult the Métis National Council or any of the Métis community before it made the decision to scrap the mandatory long-form census?