Tom Beaulieu

Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today in my Member's statement I talked about the justice system. I would like to ask the Minister of Justice questions. I would like to ask the Minister, Mr. Speaker, if the Department of Justice is working with other departments to reduce Indigenous inmate population? Thank you.

Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to speak about the justice system in Canada. Over the past few weeks, we have seen two high-profile court cases in Manitoba and Saskatchewan that have sparked mass outrage and protest within Indigenous communities across the country. The court cases I'm speaking about are that of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine, both of whom are young Indigenous youth who were murdered.

Colten Boushie was shot in the back of the head in 2016 and Tina Fontaine was a missing girl whose body was found in the Winnipeg Red River in 2014. The suspects in both...

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, [English translation not provided].

Mr. Speaker, today I would like to talk about a $1.1 billion class action lawsuit that was filed last month by former patients at Indian hospitals in Canada. These facilities were racially segregated general hospitals that were built between 1945 and 1981 to enhance policies of assimilation in order to replace traditional, Indigenous healing with western biomedicine. However, the Canadian government justified the construction of these facilities as a way to isolate the spread of tuberculosis and other diseases.

Mr. Speaker...

Marsi cho, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, committee would like to consider Tabled Document 63-18(3), Main Estimates 2018-2019, with the continuation of the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, followed by the Department of Lands and the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have nothing further in this section.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'd like to ask the Minister if she has, not the exact amount but approximately, how many highway rescues with ground ambulance actually occur annually? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That just confuses me a bit because of MACA's involvement. When I was at the far end of Artillery Lake two summers ago, the people who landed there and started posting letters on cabins were from the Department of Lands, not MACA. I am just wondering: how MACA is involved with taxing cabins in the bush? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chair, I guess I was not thinking about the size of the lot, unfortunately, but I see that where the deputy minister is coming from. He is correct that those lots are substantially bigger than residential lots across the street.

My next question is on a different line, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I know that the department goes into the hinterland and taxes cabins, so I am wondering what the position of the department is in as far as taxing cabins that are used for harvesting. I am referring to, I think we could have a fairly broad definition of harvesting, but keep...

No. That's okay.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, along the same line, I would like to have seen 3 per cent as well, but I am satisfied with 5 per cent. My question is, although I don't want to go too far into the weeds, it is a question of what the possibility is for individuals who have incomes that are pension income, I forget what you call that type of income, but people who don't have a regular income where they are working and potential for them to have greater possibility of increasing their income. Fixed income. People with fixed incomes like pensioners and so on. Is it a possibility that they...