Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Belanger, pardon my ignorance on the indigenous issue, but I'm curious by nature and want to understand and learn.
When you speak, you represent your group, but I'd like to know where the demand you expressed—to exclude indigenous communities from medical assistance in dying—comes from. Is that a motion or a decision by all first nations and Inuit communities? Is that a demand that's currently being pushed on the government, or is it more your opinion as a representative of the group you're here on behalf of today?
As a member of Parliament, my grand chief has never approached me or contacted me to discuss this desire to exclude his community.
Are all nations, including the Inuit, making this request?