Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Indian Affairs.
The Quebec Minister of Public Security has criticized the federal government's inertia vis-Ã -vis the expansion of the Mohawk cemetery in Oka. According to the minister, the federal government, which is paying its negotiator a handsome salary, still refuses to buy the 60,000 square foot piece of land being offered by the Municipality of Oka for the Mohawks.
How does the Minister of Indian Affairs justify the fact that he and his department are dragging their feet and have yet to purchase the land made available by the municipality to expand the cemetery?