Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would like Pete Di Gangi to respond on behalf of our tribal council.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. On whether the province should be compelled to provide the lands, in a situation like Wolf Lake, because it is a claim for reserve lands, the federal government should compel the provinces to release the lands that have been negotiated with the federal crown.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just on the issue of some people believing we should move this really quickly, personally I don't believe that may be the most prudent approach. I think it's more important that we get it right than that it be rushed through Parliament. The bill, if it has all-party support, which is what everybody is hearing here, should still, even if there's an election, survive, in our view.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the case of both first nations, since June of 2007 the federal government has acted unilaterally and arbitrarily by changing the agreed upon approach to resolve our members' claims, without consultation and without our consent. For Wolf Lake, this has meant removing them from the claims commission process and shutting down the commission, leaving us with no forum if Bill C-30 does not pass.