Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Minister, I appreciate very much your being here. I particularly appreciate Ms. Grant-John's appearance before the committee.
I concur with the words you have expressed to us today. I think a solution must be found, and I appreciate that the consultation process is going on.
I have a number of questions, and some of them relate to the consultation process. I would like more information from you or Ms. Grant-John on how that is being conducted and who is participating.
But I also have a question that I would welcome a response to. I went through the consultation document on the web, and one of the alternatives you are proposing to deal with matrimonial property is provincial legislation. We've had Supreme Court decisions that have indicated that provincial laws cannot apply to reserve lands. Why are you proposing these kinds of solutions? Are you concerned that potential laws may be subject to challenge, and would it not be better not to propose unenforceable solutions?
So my questions are on the provincial jurisdiction and the consultation process.