Natural Resources committee  I think the question is one of having a hereditary system against the elected body, and basically one says yes and the other says no. I think, at a certain point, is there a possibility of arbitration within that cultural context of those individuals within those nations? If not,

Natural Resources committee  I think one of the best ways to achieve that is to look at the Haida, for instance, who developed their community-based constitution that governs how these decisions are made. In that context, I think that probably provides the best opportunity for looking at resolutions that wou

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely, there needs to be some consideration of what the starting point is of that. If you look at the last 20 years, you see it's been the Supreme Court of Canada that's been providing most of the guidance to government on how consultation and accommodation happen. There h

Natural Resources committee  There are a lot of different processes within the cultures. For us, at a point when there was a disagreement amongst community members, sometimes we would bring in an independent arbiter who could be from a neighbouring nation. It also includes examples of that in the past where

Natural Resources committee  I am answering the question.

Natural Resources committee  No, I'm not asking for separate sovereign states, in the meaning of today. It's more or less going along the line—

Natural Resources committee  No. I think that some things need to be understood. That comment is an example of what reconciliation actually happened. I beg to differ that boundaries weren't established pre-contact, and during colonial times. They have always been identified. We have the boundaries that are e

Natural Resources committee  I just wanted to make that point.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Basically what I put in there is to look at reconciliation, and also the fact that, again, there is evidence in British Columbia that sits in the archives, is clearly defined by people like the Hudson's Bay Company, early explorers and all of these other ones, and delineates—

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. First, I would like to acknowledge I am giving this presentation on the traditional territory of the Algonquin people. Members of the committee, friends and relatives, thank you for the invitation here today to share the perspectives of the Assembly of First Nations