Mr. Speaker, indigenous communities have fought for decades to enshrine the ability to determine their own citizenship and membership. UNDRIP's article 33 is entrenched in law, and it confirms the right of indigenous people to determine who is a member of their community.
However, the Conservatives have a different idea. They want to tell indigenous people who is eligible and who is not. No first nations leader, no Métis leader, no Inuit leader is asking for the Conservative Party of Canada to determine who is eligible for indigenous identity moving forward.