I appreciate that, Minister.
It would be important, though, just to note as the new minister, recently elected, that Canadians are a little skeptical. In 2010 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against your government with respect to the Red Chris mine in northern B.C. Your government, to overcome the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the way in which the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency was doing its job, actually brought in legislation, through a budget bill, which was never properly debated and never sent to the appropriate committee.
Perhaps, going forward, it would be better for Canadians to have an opportunity, as my colleague suggested earlier, to have some input.
I want to turn, if I could, to theme number two, Mr. Minister. I want to talk about aboriginal participation. I don't know what you did or did not say in a speech, which was reported as quoting your having said that there are aboriginal communities that are socially dysfunctional. I don't know what you meant. I don't know what the context of those remarks were. I think they were perhaps intemperate remarks. But I want to talk to you about aboriginal participation.
You alluded earlier to the notion that there would be appropriate consultations and discussion. In your thinking about regulatory reform and perhaps creating the better environment for the exploitation of our massive natural resources, is your government contemplating equity participation by aboriginal communities?