Yes. If they make changes to policies, we are not consulted, and if we are consulted, we are consulted after the fact.
If you look at the health blueprint that was done by the Province of New Brunswick, you will see that the aboriginal people were excluded from that process altogether. It wasn't until after the fact when it was about to be released that we spoke up and told the province there were 15 first nations and it did not consult us. Then we spent a summer, eight weeks, running around and doing a consultation, so we had an appendix to the provincial health blueprint. How do you exclude us? We're here.
If you look at the health conditions we are living with and dealing with, you will see that diabetes is an epidemic in our community. There is no other word to describe the rates we have. So how could you have a blueprint looking at the next five years for your province and not include first nations people?