That is not your responsibility? You are a clown. That man is a clown—
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Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
That is not your responsibility? You are a clown. That man is a clown—
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I am not going to engage in silly rhetoric with the minister. I am going to ask him, given the horrific death rates that we have among children who do not have access to schools, if he can tell us what the national suicide rate is on reserve among young people under his watch?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I am not trying to make this hard, but these are from his own education reports in 2012 on first nation education. It said there was a 40% dropout rate and that the cost to the Canadian economy was $887 million for each cohort of 14- to 19-year-old students who drop out. I would think the minister would be very concerned about that, but obviously he does not bother to read his own reports.
Would the minister tell us how much AANDC allocates specifically for special education for first nation students on reserve?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, would he be able to tell us, from his own government studies, what the cost is to the Canadian economy for each cohort of 14- to 19-year-old students who drop out? Could he tell us that?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, as I said, it is not very helpful when they make these promises and then pull the money back and actually do not spend it, as their own reports say.
Will the minister tell us, because he is the minister in charge of the education of thousands and thousands of indigenous children in this country, what the graduating rates are for elementary school and high school first nation students on reserve?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, that was a fairly ridiculous response to something that he should know, because they were bragging about cutting this internal audit in their own end-of-year report. I would be surprised if the minister did not know that.
In 2013-14, how much of the $300 million that was planned for educational facilities was actually spent?
The answer is that they held back $86 million and did not bother to spend it on first nations children.
According to AANDC's $8.2 billion infrastructure gap, how much is needed for school facilities?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I do not know what the minister is talking about. We are talking about numeracy and literacy rates of 18% and 21% in the Ontario region, and I asked whether he could confirm that the internal audit of AANDC into elementary and secondary schools on reserve had been cancelled. Will he confirm that?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I read it in the AANDC report. It was the first time that it ever kept those numbers.
Do members know what those numbers are? The literacy score is at 21% for boys. The numeracy rate is 18%. I do not know if the minister can name a country in the world where those rates would be lower.
Will the minister confirm that the internal audit into elementary and secondary schools on reserve has been cancelled?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, they said the money was sunsetted because they had reached their targets for improving first nations education. I asked what, according to this department, the literacy and numeracy rates are for first nations students in Ontario who took the standardized provincial tests.
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I read in the estimates that they are cutting $133.4 million this year. It is written in the main estimates. I could get him the page. It might help him.
I will continue with the Ontario region. Would the minister tell me what the literacy and numeracy rates are for aboriginal children in the schools that are under his authority in the Ontario region?