Mr. Speaker, on May 22, the grand chief of the Innu community of Sept-Îles, Rosario Pinette, made the following remarks on Bill C-7, and I quote:
This legislation, if passed, will not enter our community. It will remain outside, because it has a direct impact on native peoples. It is legislation imposed that fails to respect our cultural reality.
The Assembly of First Nations and its national chief, Matthew Coon Come, are profoundly opposed to the bill.
How will the Minister of Justice answer the Native Peoples, who refuse to have this law applied in their community?