Mr. Speaker, every effort has been made to have it bother me. The Liberal Party has put on all sorts of pressure to have it bother me. Everyone has tried to set us against one another.
This morning, I met counsel for the AFN to explain to them why I, as an MP and an aboriginal, considered it important to have Parliament vote in favour of today's motion, thus forcing the government to take it into account.
So much effort has gone into getting me to reject this motion that I no longer believe the intervenors who really wanted us to give up and then wander around with vague promises that would never be kept.