Mr. Speaker, there are 100 points of service in western Canada serving all western Canadians. Among them there are seven community futures development programs that are exclusively for aboriginal communities.
Just a couple of weeks ago there was a $950,000 investment to the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg to develop entrepreneurship among the aboriginal and Metis peoples.
Just recently there was $5 million for the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College for infrastructure for a college of their own to develop their human resource base.
Aboriginal peoples play a very important role in the economic development of western Canada. What is good for the aboriginal peoples of western Canada is good for western Canadians and is good for Canada.