Madam Speaker, I appreciate the member's comments but I am not sure he heard what I said. In case he did not hear I will repeat for him that I was talking about aboriginal youth. I said we are going to create urban and multipurpose aboriginal youth centres to help them provide that cultural and supportive environment, to encourage them to stay in school in order to complete their education. We will help by offering career planning and employment opportunities.
Regarding the democracy of bands themselves, there is democracy in the elections of their leaders. I will not comment on that because I am not part of that process, nor do I represent an aboriginal community per se. I do know that in Ontario there are members who represent large aboriginal areas. They supported the Liberal members on this side. They returned them to Ottawa. The minister is working very closely with all groups across Canada to ensure their needs are met and that they are a priority of this government.