Mr. Speaker, the member was reiterating the point that I made, that this has been said before and nothing happened. As I said in my first four minutes, we had the remarkable and historical meeting, watched by many Canadians, that was attended by leaders of aboriginal associations in Canada. It was the first time in history that we had taken action.
It was not just a meeting for show because we then followed up by breaking into round tables on the high priority issues, education being one of them, as well as economic development and self-government. I know the member is a big supporter of self-government. Aboriginal leaders from across the country, including my riding, sat down and developed solutions on those issues.
All Canadians agree with the member's sentiment, the sentiment of all of us, that much needs to be done to bridge that gap. All Canadians should be very proud of what is happening this week when aboriginal people will put forward their own solutions to federal, territorial and provincial governments who will support those solutions.