Mr. Speaker, this is not a good news budget for aboriginal peoples. Let me tell members what people are saying.
Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of B.C. Chiefs, said, “aboriginal people across Canada learned that Prime Minister has a wooden heart to match his wooden smile”. Grand Chief Phil Fontaine agrees.
As we heard earlier, Ralph Klein said, “I don't like it...I liked the commitment that was given by the Liberal government to the First Nations and the Métis people”.
How can the Prime Minister and the minister even pretend that what was announced was good--