—onerous and that most first nations felt they couldn't meet that high a standard. So now it's just a set participation rate of 25% of the eligible voters who are over the age of 18 and are community members, and that's to include on- and off-reserve members. It was requested so that they would be sure the community had input into what the community matrimonial real property laws might be like.
I think we had a lot of misunderstanding before, with the verification process that was removed. It was always just intended to review the process, not the law itself. We want to reiterate that again, that the department or the minister has no say at all in reviewing, disallowing, or cancelling anything in the first nation law. It's just up to them, between the government and the first nation members.