Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
In the rush to fulfil the Prime Minister's referendum promises to Quebec, the government has hastily assembled a unity package that aboriginal leaders say does not recognize their historic self-government, land and treaty rights and would make it absolutely impossible to obtain further changes to the Constitution to clarify those rights.
Will the government stop ignoring the aboriginal issues in these constitutional initiatives and make a commitment today; first, to consult with the Assembly of First Nations; second, to honour Canada's constitutional obligations to aboriginal people; and third, to recognize First Nations as full partners in Canada?