Mr. Speaker, it is time for the minister to wake up and smell the tulips.
The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has failed to meet even the most basic needs of the people for whom it has primary responsibility. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reports that 65% of on reserve housing fall below standard codes and 23% lack water. Yet the department can find $10,000 for the national tulip festival.
Does the minister think that those people who have to carry water to their rundown houses would approve of this grant?