Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Yesterday in the House we heard that the policy of the Reform Party was based on the premise that First Nations' members are lazy children. The speaker from Capilano-Howe Sound also said that this might be against conventional wisdom. I would suggest it is unconventional ignorance.
The New Democratic Party's position is that the Government of Canada has a longstanding historic obligation, shared by provinces and territories, to negotiate land claims in good faith with aboriginal people.
Would the parliament secretary tell the House what the federal government's interpretation is of the obligations to First Nations?