Mr. Speaker, there may finally be a breakthrough in the current impasse at Camp Ipperwash, which is located in my riding of Lambton-Middlesex.
Last Thursday, September 21, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Minister of National Defence announced that the Hon. Robert Reid, Q.C., a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has agreed to serve as a federal representative to resolve the issues surrounding the return of the Camp Ipperwash lands to the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
I have every confidence that Justice Reid will put his considerable experience and talents to use in implementing the seven-point memorandum of understanding that was worked out between the government and the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation on September 13.
I am especially pleased and grateful that the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has given me his personal assurance of his request that Justice Reid will also meet with the representatives of the town of Bosanquet to hear their concerns and ideas on resolving the issues surrounding the return of Camp Ipperwash.