Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary needs to admit that these deplorable funding gaps for first nation students are part of a much larger pattern. The minister's own department confirmed billions of dollars of funding shortfalls for education, housing, water, and other basic needs on reserve, such as fire protection.
The current government's budget offers no new money to address these ongoing issues. At the same time, it is giving big tax breaks to rich people.
Why is the current government's priority to help those who need it least and to ignore those who need it most?