Canadian Heritage committee  Are you saying that you prefer that I tell them what to do?

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I'm sorry. I don't.

Canadian Heritage committee  There will be mechanisms, and those mechanisms I discuss with the different groups. There will be stable and long-term funding. There will be mechanisms for the three different groups, but on the ground what is done will be decided by the different communities. Why? Their needs i

Canadian Heritage committee  We have exactly the same objective.

Canadian Heritage committee  However, we are. We're going to the same place.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The last time I spoke with them was in New York, three weeks ago, face to face.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I mean we were sitting together.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have ongoing discussions, because as I said at the beginning, my door is always open and my team is there to discuss with them. If there are things we can accommodate and amend, we'll do it. If we agree on stuff, there are things we can do, either amend the bill or do it throu

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. As I mentioned before, the principles have been adopted together with the various groups. Why? This is the core, the base of the bill. The bill is based on those principles. The bill is based on our response to calls to action 13, 14 and 15. It's based on the fact th

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a very good question. The answer is absolutely, and that is reflected in various things. First of all, while we discuss this bill, there are and will be more discussions with the groups, Indian and Inuit. As they know and as I told them personally when we met a couple of

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. It's clearly stated in clause 9 that we can have those kinds of arrangements or agreements. There are always possibilities to improve bills. As I said at the beginning, this bill is not perfect, and I'm pretty sure we can improve it. Is it, however, something extreme

Canadian Heritage committee  I agree with you. If I could meet with everybody, I would. Of course we know that's not possible. The consultations were broad, serious, responsible and extremely important. The process never stopped. At the moment, we say we're ready to table the bill, but we keep discussing th

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure what you mean by that. This bill includes everybody—

Canadian Heritage committee  —and it will include the Inuit, also.