Madam Speaker, my colleague has been a strong advocate not just for the energy sector, which is important in the area she comes from, but also on behalf of indigenous people right across this country.
We recently heard indigenous members say they have been let down by the government. When I meet with the five bands in my riding of North Okanagan—Shuswap, they tell me that all they have seen are broken promises and that money never seems to reach the ground where it is needed. I have passed the message on to the respective ministers that the money gets caught up in the bureaucracy the government has created and never reaches the people who really need it.