Mr. Speaker, a member on the government side said that there would always be a number of groups against any bill that came through Parliament.
I would think the Native Women's Association of Canada would be the primary supporter of such a bill. I know the member is very well versed in this area and on committee, and I appreciate the research she has done. I would assume this would be very close to, if not on the top of her list of the people who we would expect to support such a bill, especially because the people we hope to help with it are women. There may be other groups that would be more opposed.
I am not on the committee, so I am not as familiar with it, but I am puzzled as to why the one group we would expect would be on side is against it.
The second thing is related to resources. Does the member think it is kind of like déjà vu, related to the human rights bill, where one of the big complaints was that we would make a new law, but the first nations government would need to have some resources and training to implement it, but it could not be done right away? We see the same comments related to this bill. Would the member like to comment on that item as well?