Mr. Speaker, it is bad enough that the Nisga'a agreement entrenches taxation without representation. It is incredible that it gives aboriginal women fewer rights than non-aboriginal women. It is mind-boggling that there are 50 sidebar agreements yet to be negotiated. It is shameful that there are overlapping land claims on this same area. It is pitiful that British Columbians have never been allowed to affirm this agreement in a referendum. It is incomprehensible that the minister would stand at a press conference and say that he looks forward to limiting the debate here in the House.
Why has the government decided that democracy also has to be a victim of the Nisga'a agreement?