That's a good question. In the world of aboriginal people in Canada, when you hear about huge amounts of money being spent, that's for Indian Act bands and reserves. That's where the majority of the money goes, and non-status Indians and Métis are simply left with the.... There are smaller amounts of funding that flow from the federal government.
For example, I know--and I have seen it in minutes of your previous meetings--that you were talking about type 2 diabetes. You heard testimony from Health Canada that there was an aboriginal diabetes strategy. Well, it sounds good, except that it only has prevention and education dollars for non-status Indians and Métis. Any health strategy needs five pillars--care, treatment, research, and other elements--to be a successful strategy.
So that's the story of how it rolls out, and that's a core element in how the federal government chooses to deal with aboriginal people.