Meegwetch for the question.
Meegwetch to the national chief for inviting me to join.
As you know, consultation and accommodation are constitutional obligations that have been affirmed in section 35 and through multiple Supreme Court jurisprudence. Over the last decade or so, we've been pushing the conversation on what free, prior and informed consent looks like, how we uphold the minimum standards outlined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and how those standards are mainstreamed in federal decision-making.
