Mr. Speaker, the member and I work on the health committee, and the member does a very good job. I always appreciate his interventions.
There is an irony here though. We have a Bloc member, whose goal is to presumably separate, commenting on the situation in Vancouver. However, this is one of the ironies in which we find ourselves.
Given the member's separatist tendencies, has he had an opportunity to reflect on what would happen to first nations people in Quebec if there were ever an issue of sovereignty? It seems that they would be in a very serious situation. As the member has indicated, the federal government supports first nations people in the order of billions and billions of dollars.
Would the member agree with the government's strategy, with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in working toward a cure, or at least a vaccine for HIV-AIDS and does he accept that is a good role for the federal government to play?