Certainly.
I do believe in the case of Oneida that we already had processes in place, prior to signing housing loan agreements, where there is a couple involved. It already speaks to the disposition of the property should there be a separation occurring between the two. Those kinds of things are already occurring within our first nation.
That is something that we can handle as a government. We view that this bill is an affront to our aboriginal rights. Oneida was established in 1840 as a settlement; we actually bought the land. We were assured by the government of the day that we would be secured management of our lands, which we have done continually since 1840. The government does not have any documentation regarding our land transactions. We handle our own wills and estates. We have our own independent land holding system that has been in operation since 1840. We are quite capable of dealing with these things on our own without the intrusion by a foreign government.