“Mr. Speaker, I have a very simple question for my colleague. If the federal government simply upheld and met its treaty obligations, would this position be necessary at all?”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 9 wordsthat is a brilliant way to pose the question.ThanksReasoning · 102 wordsOf course, if the government was doing what it needed to, this commissioner would not be needed.What my colleague’s question does is highlight the importance, again, of action and of actually solving problems.Oftentimes, positions like this bureaucratic commissioner are ways for the government to avoid having to deal with an actual problem.That is what we have seen time and time again.One hundred per cent, if the government was actually doing what it needed to do, we would not need to be going down this road.We would have solved problems for indigenous people in Canada many days ago.
