Certainly. I'll speak to that, Madam Chair.
One of the things I know my colleague has mentioned, but I want to reiterate, is that the bill is to address a gap in protections and rights for women, children, and families living on reserve. It only applies to those first nations that have a reserve community, and it is a first step in trying to address some of these problems that arise.
It's not meant to be comprehensive and address them all. It's for a specific purpose, and to that end the ratification part was one of the ways that, during consultations, women said they wanted some form of having input or knowing about the community's laws. So that is part of one of the...from the original it was included, but it has been changed and Bill S-2 actually has been lowered to set participation rate—