Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can I ask the Minister, or for that matter, any Member of the special committee who represents me and my colleagues in this House on constitutional matters. The framework agreement proposes a constitutional content that will set out a new framework for the interpretation of treaties between First Nations and the Government of Canada, and it proposes a treaty should be interpreted in a, "just, broad, and liberal manner, taking into account the spirit, and intent of the treaties, and the context in which the specific treaties were negotiated."
Maybe the Minister, Mr. Gargan, Mr. Bernhardt or Mr. Lewis, can clarify for me what the implications of this constitutional provision are, with regard to Treaties 8 and 11?