Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is quite right when he says that there are no miracle cure for native communities' problems. There is not only one but several native communities in Canada, just as there are several anglophone communities.
I think that the strategy adopted by the Department of Indian Affairs, which even tried to have its name changed because this paternalistic overtone did not reflect the place, the equal place native communities must have in our society, takes that into account. As the minister mentioned earlier, he is negotiating native self-government agreements to ultimately put his department out of business.
I would say that these are the two pillars of a great policy to advance the cause of equality for all natives peoples of this country.