Claim: Robert Nault proposed The First Nations Governance Act in Canada in 2002 and he wanted representatives of indigenous groups included in the House of Commons but in 2004 it was discarded.
Evidence: The First Nations Governance Act was a legislative initiative proposed by the government of Canada in 2002 to reform the country's Indian Act. In early 2004, Paul Martin formally announced that the legislation would be discarded. Introduced by Robert Nault, then the minister of Indian affairs, it was met with opposition from several indigenous groups and, despite its name, was never passed into law. Nault also sought to have representatives of indigenous groups on the House of Commons committee that reviewed the bill.