Mr. Speaker, I commend the hon. member who mentioned the children on reserves, the lives they are leading and the squalor and poverty that exist.
As she knows, I spent two years visiting the homes of these people across the nation and it is a very broad and serious problem. We always look for explanations, and I am sure that she does not have any. I know I do not.
I would like her to comment on why in the world a government that has been in power for the length of time that this government has would continually ignore the auditor general's statements which blasted the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for its lack of accountability in looking after these matters. Why does the government continually ignore that?