We have to look back to look forward. We can't forget about the past. Some people say the past is in the past, but quite frankly, it's not. Look at the reserves. Those were created 100 years ago, and they are still here. The reserves were designed to economically and politically isolate indigenous peoples. We are still suffering because of that.
What I am suggesting is a bold move, to do what the United States has tried to do, which is to create tribal trade zones in those reserves, regardless of where they are isolated, so that there is an economic opportunity for inter-tribal trade.
The Indian trade and commercial act, which unfortunately never got passed, was one of those ideas that were spearheaded to give a recognition of the fact that we have these reserves and these people are isolated. How can we help them? We have to turn this problem into an opportunity, and the opportunity there is to create an economic zone that helps to make right wrong and give them the economic advantage they have been so desperately deprived of.