The NDP will be supporting that motion.
I want to quote from the “Report of the Ministerial Representative: Matrimonial Real Property Issues on Reserves”. It says: I have taken note of the following statement of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in R. v. Adams and which has been quoted subsequently by the Supreme Court in Haida and Mitchell.
In light of the Crown’s unique fiduciary obligations towards aboriginal peoples, Parliament may not simply adopt an unstructured discretionary administrative regime which risks infringing aboriginal rights in a substantial number of applications in the absence of some explicit guidance.
It goes on to say that there is a need to “seek to accommodate the existence of aboriginal rights”.
It's very important that this amendment be included in the legislation.