Mr. Speaker, why are the Conservatives not addressing real issues related to the governance of first nations by providing the Assembly of First Nations with what it has asked for, namely, a simple and effective mechanism whereby the basic governance of a first nation can be exempt from the Indian Act—that title should be changed, by the way—once the first nation in question is ready, willing and able to govern itself and once its members have legitimized the governance reform with a community referendum?
Personally, I think that this would be the decent thing to do in order to stop treating Canada's aboriginal peoples like second-class citizens.
I would like my Conservative colleague to answer my question.