Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to indicate, first of all, that I will be speaking and voting in favour of this bill. The environment surrounding the Akaitcho work to achieve their self-government and land claim agreement is well documented. I won't go into any of that. There is one aspect of the Tlicho process that I did want to see if the Minister could, for the record, put some accounting before committee. That concerns the Metis people and their belief or their concern that their rights or access to land and other privileges that they believe they should have access to may be curtailed or hampered by the wording of this particular agreement. I had a constituency meeting in the Great Hall here a few weeks ago, Madam Chair, and heard from representatives of the Metis community with great strength. I recall also at the committee hearing similar concerns were expressed.
I won't pretend to speak on their behalf of exactly what their concerns are, but they've been well documented for the public and I would like the Minister to give some explanation from the government's point of view of how the Metis' concerns are addressed or being managed in the course of this bill. Thank you, Madam Chair.
