Madam Speaker, the member for Timmins—James Bay fails to recognize the fact that the chief and the band of Attawapiskat are asking for long-term funding commitments. I actually met with the chief of Attawapiskat not too long ago, and she was pointing out that with long-term predictable funding, they could use some of the programs like the First Nations Financial Management Board, the First Nations Finance Authority and others to address their infrastructure gap and the needs that the member opposite talked about, like housing. The list goes on.
Unfortunately, the member continues to forget that he is a member of a federal Parliament and that actually the federal Liberals are the government he continues to prop up, despite the fact that the long-term predictable funding, which Attawapiskat is asking for, is not being addressed. He should actually figure out where his priorities lie, in my opinion.