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The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Patterson, you had a supplementary?

Senator D. Patterson: If I may, Your Honour, yes. Thank you.

Senator Yussuff, you’ve talked about the importance of the reference to section 35 in the bill and the need to follow the law. Would you agree that without an amendment like this, which requires the minister to undertake consultations if their rights are affected — their subsistence hunting rights are impacted by the implementation of this bill — what Inuit will be left with is a requirement to hire lawyers, go to court and incur expenses to enforce consultation with them that this amendment would require without having to go through litigation, hire lawyers and pursue their rights in a court of law as you have described?

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