Mr. Speaker, the member has asked a question about the dollars that are being invested in our aboriginal communities in Canada. In the past budget, the minister brought forward $10 billion in spending. This is a substantial increase over previous budgets.
I know that the previous Liberal government left the plight of aboriginal people off its radar for many years. Although the Liberals pretended to bring forward these concerns, it was not until the last moment that they tried to bring forward what many have called a pitiful attempt at the very last moment, and which some people have called the Kelowna accord. We have had that discussion many times in this House. We know that in fact there was no accord. There was no agreement. There was only a press release.
Our minister has moved forward with real funding dollars. On top of those dollars we are going after reform of the system. As I said to the member earlier, hopefully she will be able to come on board.