Because you're not hearing from first nations directly, I think that's going to cause division right off the bat, as we're seeing. We see the protest on the hill of the legislature this afternoon. I think you're going to see more of that.
Nothing is off the table. First nations are going to review all of the avenues. They always have. They've always protected themselves. They've always had to stand up for themselves. It's so unnecessary. It's 2025. We shouldn't treat each other like this. Trump may be treating his people like that on that side of the border. Let's not copy that. Let's be the good country that we're supposed to be by respecting each other.
A treaty relationship is a two-way street. We have to work together. Will it lead to legal issues later? Certainly it will if you're not talking to the rights holders. I'm sure they're going to take every tool in their tool box and use what they need to protect themselves. I don't blame them.
I think that, like I said, there's a real opportunity here to have a conversation with first nations to start to figure out how to either, one, make this bill better or, two, write a new bill or whatever they have. However, hear them out. That's true even for Canadians. You're going to have legal wrangling right up the yin-yang if you don't do the right thing and do this bill in a proper, respectful and good way. I think Canada can save itself years of litigation if it does that.
Thank you.