There's consensus across the board to move beyond the Indian Act. That's number one. That's been here since 1876. We need to evolve processes to move beyond the Indian Act and basically start working towards self-determination.
I've always told our chiefs, and I still tell them, “If you don't want other people's laws to apply to you, then you occupy the field and create your own laws.” For example, if we remain under the Indian Act for band membership, there's no more status Indians in Canada in 40 years because of Bill C-31 and 6(1)(a) and 6(2) on how you can get status under the Indian Act. We have to create our own citizenship acts, no question.
We have to start talking about portability of rights. Basically we need to establish processes to move beyond the Indian Act and there is consensus on that. However, it's not going to happen in one year. It's not going to happen overnight. There has to be a process for that. There is consensus on that.