Thank you, Mr. Chair. We did take a look at the proposed motion by the Member back in May and then we have gotten legal advice, and our position is it’s basically telling us we have to obey the law.
My understanding of Aboriginal or treaty rights is they cannot be extinguished or abrogated by a legislative act. I think we all know there are only two ways to extinguish or abrogate Aboriginal or treaty rights, and one is with the consent of the Aboriginal party in the form of a modern day treaty, and the other one is an amendment to the Constitution. So we believe that the Aboriginal land claims are federal legislation and, in our opinion, would take precedence over territorial legislation. There is nothing we can do to abrogate or derogate from the Aboriginal rights. Thank you.