I would highly endorse both of those. I want to say for my Métis Nation, we need self-government, we need self-determination, we need our own policies, our own way of doing things. That is part of the pride in being a Canadian. We're proud of our country. We manifest it in the way we treat each other, the way we respect each other. Like I said, people are forced to go to the food bank. They are humiliated in every way possible because they have no alternative, they have to go at this point in time. I would think the whole building of the pride means enough money, housing, services, and the ability to make decisions and to even go on vacation maybe. These are things we take for granted in many cases. I want you to think about the pride and the essence of being a Canadian and how that must be dealt with; otherwise we're just going to be a collection of some poor people and some middle-class people and so on, and that coming together, for me, is the most important part.
On December 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.