Mr. Speaker, let us understand that the house of parliament can amend the enabling legislation. We have always introduced signed agreements. We introduced signed agreements for the Gwich'in. We introduced a signed agreement for the Nunavut land claims agreement, for the Sahtu Dene and Metis agreements, and for the umbrella final agreement for the Council of Yukon First Nations. Why would we do it any differently for the Nisga'a agreement?
In the House of Commons on May 4th, 1999. See this statement in context.