Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Transportation infrastructure is vital to economic development on first nations. The Government of Manitoba has told the chief of the Mosakahiken First Nation that road connections from Moose Lake and Cormorant are a federal responsibility because 80% of the population is first nation.
If this government is serious about promoting economic development to end first nations destitution will it commit necessary funds for road building in partnership with provincial and first nations governments?