We advised our chiefs and wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, who was nice enough to write back acknowledging our concerns and issues regarding UNDRIP.
We feel that it's an ambiguous law, and whether or not it is going to be upheld will depend on the government in power. We believe it's so ambiguous that it's going to give the legal industry a large swath to sue the federal government and industries and rest of Canadians for their taxpayer dollars. That's an industry that's going to balloon like you wouldn't believe. The indigenous law industry right now is horrendous—it's huge. There are thousands and thousands of lawyers out there waiting for an opportunity to be able to sign on a first nation to sue the federal government, and your UNDRIP is going to allow them to do that.
I disagree with the idea that Canada has the lowest deposits by the oil and gas industry for environmental protection. Canada has the best industry in the world and I'm proud of the industry that we have in Canada. We have 14,000 self-identified indigenous workers working in that industry in Alberta alone.