Mr. Speaker, the minister for Indian affairs asked natives to write to her about problems on their reserves, whether financial or democratic irregularities.
She promised that those letters would be kept confidential, but a clear and disturbing pattern has emerged here. As soon as these confidential letters come into the minister's department, they get stamped and promptly leaked back to the chief whom they are complaining about. There is a big problem here.
Why does the minister of Indian affairs think she and the officials in her department are above the law of the Privacy Act?