I've been contacted by people, very well-meaning people, who say, “Give me the list of elders.” It's not analogous to religious leaders.
What it means is that the institution can provide what the institution provides, but it has to realize that is not the response to an individual if someone says, “The elder that I need is this person, because that's my tradition”.
CSC moves people across the country. You can be Mi'kmaq and be in B.C. The odds that you're going to have a Mi'kmaq elder in B.C. are pretty low. If you want an elder, and there's someone who can provide that service and that person is there, they should have access to the institution to provide that service. That's not the way the situation is currently working.