Mr. Speaker, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was projected to cost $10 million. Now in fact it will come in at a staggering $58 million. At best the report will come in a year past its deadline and there is strong evidence of abuse in the $8 million research budget.
In light of the government's promise to cut government spending and in light of the government's promise of accountability, does the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development really expect the taxpayer to happily swallow the costs of the commission simply because the minister claims it was started by the previous government?