Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the first reaction was disappointment. We wonder why this government has to be dragged kicking and screaming to do these things. The last time they looked at this was 25 years ago. They did a bad job then. Courts don't make policy, and they have a chance to do this right

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The reference was to section 27 of the political protocol, which talked about minority rights with respect to the state, so indigenous peoples being a minority within the state, as is known in international law and in Canada. That's what the reference was to. If you're asking wh

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right now we have a collective society, and when there is a need, people get together and meet. If there is a conflict, people get together and meet and discuss it. We don't always have to go immediately to court and sue people, individuals. It is about trying to find some consen

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the processes, yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The distinction that I think we make, and Chief General has made in the presentation, is that it is the balancing of the individual and the collective. In the Iroquois communities, it is the collective right. It is for the collective good, and you need to find that balance in the