I spoke to Treaty 8 two nights ago. I spent a couple of hours with them, because they did not feel that we should be engaging broadly on our health legislation. The message I had for the chiefs of Treaty 8 was, “We want to hear from you. We respect the treaty relationship. You may not agree with health legislation at the end of the day. You may not want to take this path, but let's together figure out the path you do want to take. That dialogue will be important.”
They gave us a series of dates when they want to sit down. They also want to have this conversation with the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. I heard from them directly, and I did hear their frustration.