Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent for his speech. I have three short questions for him.
He just answered them in part. Nevertheless, first, in his view do the first nations currently have what I would call the “ancillary tools”—I do not want to use a pejorative term—to choose to take advantage of the services that this bill creates.
Second, the member referred to the fact that it will obviously be necessary for the first nations to achieve political autonomy first. Is he confident that the current government is vigilant enough to ensure that they will be able to acquire it fairly quickly when they request it?
Third, if he could let us know, I would like him to tell us what the effects would be in regard to the grants currently received in comparison with the benefits that the first nations will be able to receive when they decide to implement or utilize the services provided under this legislation?