Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague a brief question about the role of the provinces.
As I understand it, the province can choose whether to become involved. Is that the case?
According to the information I have, each province, in a given application or claim, can decide whether it wants to give the tribunal authority to deal with its part in a claim, or it can stand back and in such a case the tribunal will proceed without any reference to any provincial role in that claim. The tribunal will only settle matters of monetary concern, nothing to do with land.
Is my understanding correct or do I misunderstand that there is no imposition on a province of a role other than by its own choice to become involved?