Mr. Speaker, if that is the case, I wonder why there is even a position for the minister of Indian affairs, if he is not going to give any guidance to these people who have such desperate situations on reserve.
Taxpayers have a right to know that their money is being put to good use, and so do the aboriginal grassroots band members.
Asked to comment recently on the $130,000 tax free salary of the chief of the Acadia reserve, the minister stood and said “I have no reason to dispute it”.
Why is rampant poverty and dire straits not reason enough to dispute greed at the top?