Mr. Speaker, this week an internal report was released which was prepared by a former senior civil servant which found that the government was weak on big policy issues and that many existing policies do not work. This is no surprise to us and is no surprise to Canadian aboriginal people. That is why they have resoundingly rejected the government's proposals to set up 600 different new sets of laws, 600 enforcement officers, and 600 ombudsmen.
My question is for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Setting aside the obvious excessive cost of such duplication, could the minister explain how 600 ombudsmen appointed by chiefs would be any more effective than an ethics counsellor appointed by a Prime Minister?