Mr. Speaker, I listened closely to my colleague's speech and he spoke of democracy, respect and so on a number of times.
In the bill, paragraphs 3(1)(b) and 3(1)(c) allow the minister to subject a first nations community to this law against its will. Numerous groups have called for these provisions to be removed because they give immeasurable discretionary power to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Can my colleague share his thoughts on whether a clause that would allow a minister to force people to be subject to a system that they have not willingly accepted is democratic?