Mr. Speaker, first I would like to thank the member for Halifax for her excellent speech.
She also gave an interesting overview of the situation and of what is presented in Bill S-2. She pointed out that the government did not listen at the consultations and did not pay attention to the recommendations in some of the reports tabled in the House.
I also think she touched on a very interesting point, which is that the first nations currently receive inadequate funding.
I would like to hear my colleague speak more about the fact that we should have listened to aboriginal women's groups on this subject, and that we should have examined other important issues for the first nations, such as providing adequate funding but also scrapping the Indian Act.