Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's question gives me an opportunity to speak to that. It was not my intention, whatsoever, to cast aspersions upon Dr. Blackstock. Her representations at committee were invaluable. Her representations toward indigenous children have been invaluable for an exceptionally long time. I have tremendous respect for Dr. Blackstock. The reason I raised that was I felt that there were a lot of views expressed at committee in support of the bill.
Once again, the elegance of the bill is that it is a framework that indigenous communities will then define. It is for indigenous communities to define what is in the best interest of the child. Some of the comments that were made moved away from that. It is a difference of opinion, and I accept that. At the end of the day, the overwhelming strength of the bill is that it is a framework. However, I felt it was being defined more than it needed to be defined. That was not the purpose of the bill, to define everything to the nth degree.
If my comment was taken in the wrong light, I apologize to Dr. Blackstock. It certainly was not my intention to have it framed in that way. I thank the member for allowing me to clear that up.