I, too, shared exactly the same concern and worked hard during those debates to make sure the federal government understood that.
Regarding the MOU that you've raised, in December the Liberals announced the work toward the Pacific pipeline. Last month, I asked the natural resources minister for an update on the federal Crown's indigenous consultation to date on that project. He could not, but of course such a pipeline is federal jurisdiction, as is the duty to consult.
With such a pipeline, first nations in each province will have different views. Have first nations been consulted on that project to date, or on any of the 11 projects that the federal Liberals have so far referred to the Major Projects Office, as far as anyone can understand?