Mr. Chairman, in the Constitution, there is a provision that basically says the aboriginal and treaty rights referred to in the Constitution are guaranteed equally to male and female persons. The debate is whether, or not, this clause is sufficient to protect the rights of women in the context of self-government, and self-government negotiation.
Once there is legal text that emerges, then I think we can finalize whether, or not, in fact, there is going to be any reason to be concerned about it. If the legal text, because of some adjective of word, implies that there is a slip for women, then of course we will be concerned. Right now, based on our understanding of the Consensus Report, there is no erosion of the rights of women. There may be concerns because the Constitutional amendments proposed are not specific enough, but as we say, we have taken the constitutional package as far as we can, and there was no agreement, for instance, that social programs should be constitutionalized. That is one of the concerns that native women across the country have. They are afraid that social programs may erode or disappear, but there was not even a hint that it was possible, to constitutionalize the social programs. Thank you.