Mr. Speaker, as the member alluded to in her comments, Canada was one of four countries that voted against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The government has now adopted the position that because it voted against the declaration, it is not party to it, or it does not fall within the parameters of the declaration.
Could my colleague opposite comment on the fact that the government believes that since it did not support the declaration, it does not fall under its guidelines?