Mr. Speaker, the hon. member stated that the settlement agreement strives for a higher goal. I would like to ask the member, is there a higher goal than healing? As a physician and a healer, I like to think, it is part of my professional training to evaluate the efficacy of any healing or therapy based on sound evaluation and good evidence-based outcomes.
Since the hon. member himself referred to his department's evaluation of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in 2009, I would like to quote from it. It said:
--keeping in mind...the fact that Health Canada support programs are designed to provide specific services that are complementary but different to those of the AHF...there is no equivalent alternative that could achieve the desired outcomes with the rate of success the AHF has achieved.
This is from the evaluation by his own department. Does the member not agree or listen to his own department's advice and recommendations?