That was a famous case that went to the Supreme Court of Canada to establish unequivocally that the Métis right to hunt and fish for food was an existing constitutional right.
We're at the formative stages of our discussion on this. There are about 50 people across Canada who are going back and forth discussing this. That includes the people from Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for the Arts, the various galleries, and indigenous artists and curators.
There is 100% interest and desire that we have something that we've just outlined. It's basically an organization that Lou-ann Neel says we need to have. We need an organization, obviously, as we don't have one, that would make the decisions of what art gets to be included in the registry. There are some very touchy issues on indigenous identity, but that's part of the whole discussion. We have to have that. Who decides? It has to be the indigenous people who decide, nobody else.
On the indigenous art registry itself, our discussions are about that being a separate entity that is owned partly by the indigenous organization and partly by a private company. They would be sourcing financing and so on, and managing the technical aspects of the registry, but overseeing what is registered and by whom is the decision of the indigenous peoples.
As Lou-ann was mentioning, a national organization that would be involved in development of a registry would also want to be doing many more things, for example, formally coming to a committee like this, representing its members, advocating on behalf of its members for changes to legislation. As Lou-ann said, it would be doing the work of education and promotion of our art, customs, cultures, traditions and values, so that people have a better understanding of that.
I hope I've given you an explanation.