Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her good question. We have made it very clear we would not cut CBC radio. We understand that there are remote communities which do not have access to private broadcasters. We have specifically said CBC television.
With respect to the land claims issue, we do not argue necessarily with the idea of having the government engage in treaty negotiations. It would be nice if it could actually come to some kind of agreement. After spending $91 million and not reaching any agreements I would come to question whether or not that is a very good use of taxpayers money.
The final point I would make on treaty negotiations is what is really important is that there be finality. When a deal is reached we do not want to see it reopened again which is what we are seeing now with Treaty 8 in northern Alberta. We think that is a huge mistake. We would like to see these things settled and settled once and for all. We think we owe that not only to natives but to Canadian taxpayers in general.