Hon. Robert W. Peterson:

Honourable senators, the condition of Aboriginal health services and higher education in Canada continues to lag far behind the national average. One can imagine my surprise when I became aware of the government's plan to cut funding to the First Nations University of Canada's National School of Dental Therapy in northern Saskatchewan at the end of the current academic year. Honourable senators, this program provides much needed training for Aboriginal Canadians in Saskatchewan and other provinces and territories and ensures that dental health professionals are present in some of our country's most remote regions.

My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. At the very moment that the government should be investing in technical programs to develop skills and better health services for First Nations people, why is the government doing just the opposite?

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