Mr. Speaker, this report will come in a year late at best. It will have a cost overrun of some $48 million. As the minister indicated a couple of days ago, they probably will not be able to implement some of the recommendations by the time they get it anyway.
In spite of all of this, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development apparently thought this was something to joke about when he said the other day that maybe he would like to have a job on the commission but that he would have to stand in line.
My question for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is how does he ever expect the Canadian people to regain some trust in the government when he treats such a serious matter like this with such irresponsible statements?