Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Obviously, the Minister was not really listening, and that does not really surprise me.
I asked the Minister a simple questions, and I did not ask him to go into the Metis Accord. That is a different issue. If, in regards to the Metis Accord, they were well maintained in the body of the whole accord, then I wonder in my mind why the provinces would even create a Metis Accord. There must have been some fundamental purposes, and they are to give the Metis, basically, assurances that they would given equal opportunity.
I asked the Minister, and I would like to ask him again, what assurance can he give to aboriginal women that their existing constitutional rights to represent themselves, within the negotiations, will be put forth. Does he have a position on this? Does he have a proposal on this issue? Thank you.