Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade.
It was recently announced that the long-awaited Arctic and northern policy framework may finally be ready for release in June. Past actions by the government affecting indigenous people, like the Indigenous Languages Act and the draft indigenous child welfare act, have been more showpiece than substance, more buzzwords than actual impact.
Will the minister assure the House that this new policy framework will actually have the teeth to effect meaningful change?