Thank you for the question. It's exceptionally important.
You've hit on all of the key points. We're now in an entirely different legal and policy field.
UNDRIP is the bare minimum standard, and UNDRIP says there can be no violence against indigenous women and girls. It says that special attention in everything Canada does has to be given to indigenous women and girls and that they have the right to say yes or no to things that happen to them, their bodies and their lands. They have a right to be a part of self-determination and to decide whether or not they want to protect their territories, their coastal seas, their waters and their resources, and to benefit from it. This is the bare minimum.
The other thing that UNDRIP does is recognize that indigenous peoples have the right to enact their own laws and govern their own territories. Indigenous women are at the forefront now of being decision-makers.
Everything has to change. It is not just about the Canadian federal laws but also provincial laws, because all of these human rights obligations vest in the state, regardless of our constitutional makeup. It's no defence to say—