Mr. Speaker, the test of one's values is not in the saying but in the doing. Instead of “gathering strength”, the 1996 royal commission on aboriginal peoples has been gathering dust.
No Canadian wants to see the Romanow commission do the same, least of all aboriginal peoples who suffer third world health conditions in 21st century Canada.
To redress this double injustice, will the federal government today make the unequivocal commitment to work in full partnership with aboriginal peoples, starting with their inclusion in the upcoming first ministers meetings dealing with the future of Canada's health?