Mr. Speaker, to the hon. parliamentary secretary, I want to say he has done spectacular work in learning Mohawk.
[Member spoke in Mohawk as follows:]
Serihwakweniénsthak.
[Mohawk text translated as follows:]
Keep on being respectful.
[English]
I apologize if I did not pronounce it right.
The bill certainly is full of good intentions. We have heard concerns about funding. I wish we could get this through second reading today and get the committee work happening in the coming week. However, I wonder why in drafting legislation in 2019 that cites indigenous rights, the legislation does not specifically cite the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Certainly this was an opportunity to do so.