I believe there are 13 first nations in the province. They are spread out unequally across the province. There is no reserve, for instance, near Saint John, and there's no friendship centre in Saint John. It's very much spread out.
The needs of the aboriginal community are well known and documented. Serious investments have to be made by all levels of government for our first nations population. I don't think there's any doubt about that. That's beyond discussion or debate. Mr. Long spoke about the alignment. In that field in particular, there needs to be a serious alignment of provincial governments and federal programs.
Again, this federal system that we have is imperfect. We have to figure out ways that the fiscal capacity of the feds can align with the jurisdiction that exists in the province. We have to see the emergence in New Brunswick of municipalities and local governments that are prepared to step forward in social areas.