Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for speaking French with so much passion. I thank him for reaching out to the Bloc Québécois in these circumstances and for expressing his affection for first nations' members.
I would like to answer his question by giving an example. There is a difference between cultural appropriation, which we must speak out against as we are today, and cultural appreciation. When I went to Wendake, I visited Bastien Industries. Their owner, Jason, gave me a great lesson in this. We can appreciate elements that are indigenous as long as they are truly indigenous, but Jason raised a major issue. If he wants to sell his moccasins in the U.S., he has to provide his Indian status card. If he wants to sell his moccasins in Canada, they do not even ask for it. This means that anyone can sell moccasins, the Hudson's Bays of this world, without them actually being made by indigenous people. It is a major issue.
The recognition of who is indigenous and who is not should be respected, particularly in Canadian government contracts. These situations have been reviewed. The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, the Public Accounts of Canada and several other bodies are looking into this. Why? The reason is that the government is not verifying who is indigenous and who is not. At some point, we need to start doing that, and it is up to indigenous people to do those checks themselves in a way that respects their traditions.