Mr. Speaker, the Nisga'a treaty creates a separate race-based nation in the heart of British Columbia. It also hands over the control of 14 constitutional areas from this parliament to the Nisga'a people.
When the Nisga'a agreement was brought to the British Columbia legislature for debate the B.C. Liberal Party opposed it, saying it was a backdoor amendment to the Constitution of Canada and it should be disallowed for that reason alone.
Why does the constitutional affairs minister agree that this is the proper way to amend Canada's Constitution?