Mr. Speaker, education is a universal human right unless one lives on a first nation territory under the current government. The families of Attawapiskat are reeling from the fact that a school for which they have fought for eight years, which was supposed to begin this spring, has been cancelled.
We have had three Indian affairs ministers support the project, but the current minister told the community that first nations schools are no longer a priority for his government.
Why should the children of Attawapiskat have to put up with his fundamental disinterest in their health and well-being?