Mr. Speaker, today I would like to speak to this shortsighted motion moved by the hon. member from the Reform Party.
This undemocratic motion suggests that the views of British Columbians cannot and are not being respected in the treaty process. I want to correct this ill-informed impression by providing the hon. member and his equally ill-informed colleagues with some facts.
Before doing that, I would like to take exception to something said by my colleague from Mission-Coquitlam. I know Canadian history and I strongly believe that the aboriginals, because of their culture, had much more difficulty becoming part of our society and they still do.