Mr. Speaker, the minister talks about government to government relationships. Surely there is some responsibility for government to taxpayers, the people who are footing the bill. The amount of $640,000 went to the Acadia reserve chief and councillors, over three times what it had been just two years before.
Over that same two year period social services to the people and the children on that reserve were reduced by more than $200,000. So much for helping the poor.
If the minister is in this position to actually help people, I would like him to realize that these are tragic stories. Why is he ignoring them?