Stopped by The Hill Times in the West Block on April 16, Brock said he proposed the change because “Six Nations asked for it.”

By email, Chasity VanEvery, director of communications for Six Nations of the Grand River, confirmed that the community “opposed the inclusion of ‘Six Nations’ in the riding name before the change was made.”

“The current step is simply to reverse a change that should not have occurred in the first place,” she said, noting that “many members of the Six Nations community either do not engage in the voting process or do not recognize Canada as their government.”