They want to have their own land and their own resources and they want to develop them and reap the profits that come from developing these resources. I think that if we were to start with a positive approach
of this type, if we started with the consensus that was expressed s
o well by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, but that was abandoned, if we adopted that immediately and if we forgot about this unfortunate chapter, the unfortunate adventure of Bill C-7, I am sure that the leaders of the first nations would be ready to
sit down ...[+++]and start talking to the government tomorrow morning.
Il me semble que si on partait d'une idée positive comme celle-là, si on partait d'un consensus qui était si bien formulé par la Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones, mais qu'on a abandonné, si on reprenait cela tout de suite et qu'on oubliait le mauvais épisode, la mauvaise aventure du projet de loi C-7, les leaders des premières nations, j'en suis persuadé, seraient prêts demain matin à s'asseoir avec le gouvernement.