Thank you, Madam Chair. To the clause as amended, I move that Bill 65 be amended by deleting clause 3.1 and substituting the following:
3.1.(1) In this section, "land, resources and self-government agreement" means
(a) any of the following agreements:
(i) the Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement entered into between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Gwich'in, as represented by the Gwich'in Tribal Council, on April 22, 1992, as amended,
(ii) the Inuvialuit Final Agreement entered into between the Inuvialuit of the Inuvialuit settlement region and the Government of Canada on June 5, 1984, as amended,
(iii) the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement entered into between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Dene of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope and Fort Norman and the Metis of Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman and Norman Wells, as represented by the Sahtu Tribal Council, on September 6, 1993, as amended,
(iv) the Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement among the Tlicho and the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada, signed on August 25, 2003, as amended,
(v) the Deline Final Self-Government Agreement among the Deline First Nation Band and the Deline Land Corporation, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada dated February 18, 2015, as amended;
(b) any legally binding agreement intended to be a treaty under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, concluded between an Indigenous Government or Organization, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada; or
(c) any prescribed legally binding agreement.
(2) This act is to be interpreted. In a manner consistent with the recognition and affirmation of existing Aboriginal and treaty rights in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
(3) An action or thing authorized by this act must be carried out in accordance with any applicable land, resources and self-government agreement.
(4) If there is a conflict or an inconsistency between a provision of this act or the regulations and a provision of a land, resources and self-government agreement or legislation approving, giving effect to and declaring valid a land, resources and self-government agreement, the provision of the land, resources and self-government agreement or legislation prevails to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency.
Thank you, Madam Chair.