I am assuming, Mr. Speaker, that the member just came into the House and the standing ovation we heard is for listening hard.
We answered this question earlier. The $82 million that was in question in the newspaper article has already been spent as an advance payment to seniors, former residential school students. That money has already been sent out. The full $1.9 billion that this government has negotiated with aboriginal people will be sent out. There have been no cutbacks whatsoever.
Aboriginal people deserve this settlement. Our government has settled with them. It is time to get on with making the payments to these students.