Mr. Speaker, I will not comment on whether the minister did or did not have any knowledge about the hiring of this particular individual.
However I can tell the member as he knows, in his own province of Alberta we have been working extensively over the past number of months with a number of bands to improve the financial management. They have agreed in many instances and are working currently with the Assembly of First Nations for example on accountability practices not only of these selected communities but generally across Canada.
We are working closely with the first nations to ensure proper management and expenditure of those dollars to go to those people in the communities.