Mr. Speaker, you would think that the ministers could find better ways to make statements in the House.
Chief Keith Moon from the Blood reserve wrote the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development five months ago with serious concerns over accountability on his reserve. He still has not got an answer. Today in the Calgary Harold there is an article that says the minister intends to give the chief more control over oil and gas revenues on that reserve.
My question to the Prime Minister is, how can he justify giving more control over oil and gas money to these chiefs when the minister has not even begun to address the problem of accountability on—