Mr. Speaker, the member for St. Paul's needs to look in the mirror to see where many of the problems in first nations communities stem from. We had 13 years of inaction by the previous Liberal government. The member for St. Paul's was a member of the cabinet. Kelowna was a press release. There was no money, not one single dime booked. Again, this shows a lack of commitment.
On the residential schools, it was this Conservative government that got it done. It was this Conservative government that signed $1 billion to mitigate the suffering that first nations people went through.
We inherited a disastrous situation on first nation reserves after 13 years of Liberal government. And let us be honest, the Liberals were in power for most of the 20th century, so the Liberals certainly carry most of the blame for that.
We have the Canadian Human Rights Act where first nations people on reserve are denied the same human rights that Canadians anywhere else enjoy. It is the opposition Liberal Party that has blocked that.
In fact, it was the Liberal budget of 2005 that cut millions of dollars from AIDS funding.
Actions always speak louder than words. I would like to remind the member that when she talks of compassion, when she talks about doing the right thing, when she was sitting around the cabinet table, she had the opportunity to compensate hepatitis C victims from tainted blood from pre-1986 and post-1990. In a confidence vote, those people were denied compensation. She was a member of the cabinet and was involved in that vote.
It was this government that provided the billion dollars in compensation after years of denial by the previous Liberal government. Will the member ever understand why people believe the Liberal Party is disingenuous when it comes to these types of issues? It is because of their record. Will the member ever accept that?