Perhaps I could just add some specifics to what Mr. Balsillie has said.
One of the principles that Canada has had in its negotiations with aboriginal peoples in respect of the co-management of lands and resources is that there's a degree of parity between the aboriginal perspective and that of crown governments.
What we see in the specific changes being made under Bill C-15 is that this balance is no longer present. In fact it has radically shifted in favour of federal representatives, and the numbers of representatives, to the extent that the chair would be federally chosen. A quorum on the super-board, on the reconstituted MVRMA, would no longer even require a representative from the region.
So we fail to see, from the perspective of the Dehcho First Nations, how Canada is fulfilling its obligations to maintain some parity, some equality, either at the table with the Dehcho First Nations in its negotiations or indeed for the Dehcho in its reconstituted super-board. Neither is being maintained.
This is fundamentally disrespectful to the principles under which the Dehcho have entered these negotiations, and it's fundamentally at odds with the honour of the crown.