Thanks.
You mentioned the consultation process, so I want to touch on that. I've worked in this field for half a decade with first nations and Métis communities in the west for a very long time. It's how I know some of my colleagues here, which is fantastic. I know some of you know very well the issues that are present for indigenous communities.
Particular among the issues is consultation. You mentioned AFN. I'm sure you're aware of, by way of tons and tons of correspondence that comes to your office and, likely, other MPs' offices—it comes to my office, at the very least—related to consultation, what some nations perceive as the ignoring of requests for consultation.
I want to speak to one directly in northern Alberta, which is the confederacy of Treaty 8. The Treaty 8 chiefs have a grand chief named Art Noskey. He has communicated to me his overt frustration with his inability to contact persons within the department, particularly about legislation, bills and information that he feels pertinent to the operations of Treaty 8 and, particularly, around their treaty rights. He feels that those treaty rights have been largely ignored.
In relation to this bill, has Treaty 8 been consulted?