Madam Speaker, I have only a couple of comments after listening to the self serving drivel put forth by the Minister of Health and the member for Madawaska—Restigouche.
There are two points I want to talk about. He talks about helping with grants and contributions to deal with substance abuse. Let me tell the hon. member about substance abuse. Last week we dealt with the public accounts. A lady by the name of Lorraine Stonechild was at the public accounts committee telling us how her brother died of a drug overdose because he was given 300 prescriptions in one year, all paid for by Health Canada. Each and every one was paid for by Health Canada. It killed him because there is no control on Health Canada in how they distribute drugs, and substance abuse is rampant in the first nations because of it.
The member talked about air quality, but what about ground quality such as the Sydney tar ponds in Nova Scotia? The people are demanding that the government move them out of there because the place is making them sick, and Health Canada is doing next to nothing.
When will the government look after the first nations of the country? When will the government look after the people of Sydney, Nova Scotia? They deserve an answer to what the government and Health Canada are doing because they are killing them.