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Clause 2, does committee agree?

Mahsi. MLA YK North.

Mahsi, MLA Great Slave. I will now open the floor to general comments on Bill 80. MLA for Twin Lakes.

Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Mahsi. MLA for YK North.

I call Committee of the Whole to order. Committee, we have agreed to consider Bill 80, Dental Hygienists Professions Statutes Amendment Act. I will ask the sponsoring Member of the bill to provide opening remarks. MLA for Kam Lake.

Mahsi. To the motion. MLA Monfwi.

Mahsi. Committee, we will defer the bill number and the title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 3 of the bill.

Clause 1, does the committee agree? Member for YK North.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. I want to express a few concerns I have with this bill. I know at the outset when UNDRIP was being discussed, for quite some time, even in 2019, I think there was high hopes that it would be implemented by all levels of government across the country which would give a lot of autonomy to Indigenous governments. That's what I saw then. But then being in this government or not the government, I should clarify that.

Seeing the actions of this government and how they deal with First Nations governments in the Northwest Territories, I sense that there's lots of disrespect when...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker, and to the Minister also. I think my Member's statement has clearly pointed out, from all news reports and whatnot, that we can't trust the Alberta government to work with our territorial government in providing any notices or advanced notices of the contaminants. They clearly don't have any control over what is happening at the tailings ponds at the tar sands mine sites. It's just run amuck right now.

In light of that, Mr. Speaker, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and the Mikisew Cree First Nations of Fort Chipewyan, south of us in Alberta, have dealt with this issue...