Mr. Speaker, I thank you and I also thank the hon. members.
This amendment to the motion is both a minor and a major one, since it merely specifies that Bill C-38 makes direct reference to the park. The amendment only seeks to point out that the legislation refers to this park. I have no other points to make regarding this first motion.
As for the second motion, nowhere in the legislation is reference made to the fact that the creation of this park is the result of a very long process that began a long time ago.
That process began with an agreement signed in 1984 by the Canadian government and the Inuvialuit, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
This was followed by the act, which was also passed in 1984. Negotiations lasted a long time. I believe it took seven years to sign an agreement on Tuktut Nogait, in 1996. Finally, in 1998, we will now pass the bill to create this park.
It is important to know that the claims were recognized in the Inuvialuit Final Agreement and in the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act. This is why we would like to see this amendment included in the bill, whose content is rather limited.