May I add something?
It's important for this committee to know that after the 1985 amendments, there was the 1988 review. That 1988 review specifically talked about the siblings case, Susan Yantha's case, that produces children of the same parents with different status. They said change that. That was in 1988. In 2015 I was still arguing about it in court with the lawyers of the people who just testified. In 2010, there were the amendments because of McIvor. Indian Affairs said there would be another stage, that they would consult broadly about membership and status. We asked their witnesses for the registrar of Indians on the stand in the Descheneaux case what happened to that. They said they didn't know. A few months ago they finally published their report. That was six years.
When the Department of Indian Affairs offers extra stages for broad consultation about all sorts of issues, I hope you understand why first nations communities are skeptical.