I want to draw attention to my colleague Mr. Blaikie, who has done.... He is a humble man, and I don't know that he would bring this up, but I certainly will, because it's an interest of mine. I want to point to the Canada-U.K. trade continuity agreement, the TCA. He moved a motion to put a clause in the forthcoming TCA—he attempted to do this in past with CUSMA, but he was unsuccessful, and now he is trying with the U.K. agreement—to include the language of “indigenous peoples of Canada” to have the meaning assigned by the definition “aboriginal peoples of Canada” in subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act. It also said, “For greater certainty, nothing in this Act is to be construed as abrogating or derogating from the protection provided for the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada” by the Constitution.
I am wondering if Mr. Watson can comment on the need to ensure that our international trade agreements have baked-in language to ensure that these protections are in place via legislation.