Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. parliamentary secretary for his questions. Unfortunately, he misinterpreted my statements but I will be happy to correct that.
Regardless of a person's race, giving things to people creates an economic welfare state. We have created an institutionalized welfare state for aboriginal people by giving them things. We need to give people, aboriginal or non-aboriginal, the power to provide for themselves.
I suggest we ensure that aboriginal people have the skills and the technology to provide for themselves, that we make a huge investment in health care and education for the people and that there be an obligation to move forward from that. I suggest also that we scrap the racist Indian Act, that we treat aboriginal people and non-aboriginal with the same rights and responsibilities.
I have addressed the two points. Scrap the Indian Act. Invest in economic opportunities. Also we must ensure that there are political opportunities along the lines of the municipal powers that non-aboriginals have.