Mr. Speaker, one of the amendments proposed by the Senate is to make indigenous consultations optional. I do not think Canadians want to go back to Stephen Harper's years of ignoring indigenous peoples in how we build resource projects. That is a good way to get nothing done, the way Stephen Harper did over 10 years.
We are going to take a good look at those amendments and move forward in a way that improves the bills.
What we will not do is accept the premiers saying there is a threat to national unity if they do not get their way. That is not the way to hold this country together.