Madam Speaker, in her speech my colleague referred to the fact that much time has passed. It has been 15 years.
I may have an explanation for this. Canada is allergic to the recognition of national minorities. Indigenous peoples are a national minority and I have always felt that the Liberal and Conservative governments have been reticent to establish a precedent because they would have been obligated to recognize another national minority, Quebeckers. What does my colleague think of this?
Could that explain in part why so much time passed before we were able to debate this bill?