I think the key word there is “trust”. Over 125 years, or even before contact, we've always been trusting people, but we're losing that trust. I was on earlier, listening to the grand chief, and he mentioned that loss of trust. When we saw this legislation come in the manner that it did, it started actually eroding that trust. We thought we had something going, having discussions at different tables, but now we have this being pushed through. In the legislation they said they're going to work with first nations, yet this legislation is being pushed through without working with first nations.
I got this notification from our grand chief to respond within seven days. I actually got it a couple of days late because there was some issue with the email. When we see those types of things, we don't see that trust.
We're willing partners. We're not against business development as long as we're included in it. We see prosperity in our province and in our territory, yet we're not participating. Why is that? It's because things like this are getting pushed through.
The consultation process in Alberta is the same way. We're just there as a check mark to make sure that our hunting and trapping rights are protected, yet they're missing that piece of who owns the land. Who were the original inhabitants of this land? When I see these things...that's where I come from.