I just wanted to add something on this issue of first nations people. I've dealt extensively with first nations people in many iterations over a long legal career. The case before the tribunal, which I referred to, involved a first nations transgendered person who was a prisoner in our federal system. At the time of the alleged discrimination the person was pre-operative, and at the time we actually held our mediation sessions the person was post-operative, male to female. She was very grateful for an opportunity to bring her issues forward before a neutral tribunal that would be applying human rights jurisprudence to her particular issues. To somehow exclude her, to exclude first nations people from the very protections that we are trying to afford here in this bill and in the act generally, I think would do a grave injustice to first nations people. I think that person would be quite horrified to think that they were somehow less protected under the laws of Canada than any of the rest of us are.
I simply offer that quick example of how I would not support any exclusion of first nations people from something that would seek to protect them.