Mr. Speaker, it is unconscionable that the Conservative government is playing politics with the future of first nation children.
Last year, the government admitted there was a funding gap for first nation K-12 students and promised $1.25 billion to help close that gap. This election budget claws back that promised money and then tries to portray woefully inadequate dollars as an increase.
How can the current government justify denying first nation students the equality of opportunity they deserve? Where is the promised money for aboriginal education?