Mr. Speaker, first I would like to congratulate my colleague from Winnipeg Centre for an excellent exposé of what the federal budget is about. He has based it on his analysis of looking at the prebudget consultations and the very real experience he has gained from his own community. His community is very similar to my own community in east Vancouver where people are really hurting and are looking for help and support from the federal government.
A few days ago the member asked a very good question in the House about the real intentions of the government with regard to aboriginal people. We heard all the promises in the throne speech yet it looks like there has been a massive shift in the direction of the government to somehow throw all the treaty negotiations off the table. The bits and pieces that we have seen are really not going to help aboriginal people fundamentally address the injustices.
I ask the hon. member to comment on what kind of impact he sees from these budget consultations and whether or not they will actually help aboriginal people in terms of the resources that have now been taken away.