Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his incredible interest in this. This is obviously dear to him.
The Indian Act, when it was created, seemed to be an electoral anomaly. What it seems to do, instead of empowering first nations to hold their government to account, it places this responsibility in the hands of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. This seems a bit backward.
Could the member describe what procedures would be the bill to help alleviate that issue?