Mr. Speaker, that is a very good question and I am glad it has been raised.
The Nisga'a treaty is a modern treaty. The James Bay agreement paved the way for it. All that the hon. colleague has just said about the powers to be given to the aboriginal people, we already handed over in 1975, and then a few years later again with the Naskapi.
Of course, there are certain areas of jurisdiction which passed from a provincial or federal level to the aboriginal level. But it is all done through agreements, like the agreements that now exist between the three levels of government, the aboriginal government, the provincial government and the federal government.
The federal or provincial government decides what it will give to aboriginals and this is simply a recognition of their distinct approach or culture. Pan-Canadian or pan-provincial programs are not the way to satisfy these people, with their own particular approach to their culture, their health and their education.
For the information of my hon. colleague, we have already done this, and we see many similarities with the Nisga'a situation today. As I see it, the James Bay agreement was a groundbreaking model that people rely on today when drawing up modern treaties, which resemble it in many ways.