Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister and has to do with the ongoing disagreement between the government and the churches with respect to their respective responsibilities in the residential schools question.
The Deputy Prime Minister will know that the churches are unhappy with the government's latest action and offer. I wonder whether the government would be willing to consider the suggestion by the churches that an independent mediator be appointed to settle this issue once and for all, particularly for the sake of the aboriginal people who are involved in this issue.