Mr. Speaker, we have this report from 2007 that makes very clear recommendations about how the post-secondary education program can be improved. We now have this study of up to $1 million being proposed on increasing awareness and understanding barriers, when we already have sufficient information about what the problems and barriers are.
So again my question to the parliamentary secretary is, were first nations included in the development of this request for proposal for further study? If they were included, how were they included? If they were not included, why not?