J'aimerais signaler à la Chambre, au nom des nombreux signataires de la pétition, à quel point il est ironique que, le jour où nous célébrons le 50 anniversaire du droit de vote des Autochtones, le gouvernement coupe le financement d'un organisme qui est dirigé par les Autochtones et qui repose certainement sur les concepts de l'autonomie gouvernementale et de l'autodétermination, très similaires au droit de vote.
I would like to point out on behalf of the many people who have signed this petition what an irony it is that today we are celebrating the vote that was received by aboriginal people 50 years ago and yet the government is seeking to cut the funding to an organization that is run by aboriginal people and that is certainly based on the concept of self-government and self-determination, similar to the vote that they had.