Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Recently, during a meeting of the UN task force on indigenous people, a Canadian delegation recognized the right of the indigenous people to self-determination. The grand chief of the Cree, Matthew Coon Come, claims that this means that the Canadian government would allow the native people to separate from a sovereign Quebec.
Could the Minister of Foreign Affairs clarify the nature and the extent of the government's position in this matter?