Well we, that’s just the precise approach our government has taken, we’ve moved legislation that is being blocked by the opposition right now, to include Aboriginals under coverage under the Canadian Human Rights Act, right now, they are deprived of that. There are some Chiefs that do not want those rights to be extended to the individuals and that gets to the heart of the problem on these reserves where there’s too much power concentrated in the hands of the leadership and it makes you wonder where all of this money is going. We spent ten billion dollars, ten billion dollars in annual spending this year alone, the budget year 07-08. Now that is an exceptional amount of money. That is on top of all the resource revenue that goes to reserves that sit on petroleum products, that sit on uranium mines, other things where these companies have to pay them royalties. You know, and that’s on top of all the money they earn on their own reserves. That is an incredible amount of money. Now along with this apology comes another four billion dollars in compensation for those who partook in the residential schools over those years. Now, some of us are starting to ask are we really getting value for all of this money and is more money really going to solve the problem. My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work, independence, and self-reliance. That’s the solution in the long run, more money will not solve it.

Pierre Poilievre, CFRA Radio

This was supposed to be a symbolic day, a somber day, necessary and overdue.
If this had come from the Canadian state, it would have been given by the Governor-General.
This came from the Canadian government, our elected officials representing us, the Canadian people and they have to behave inappropriately, let Poilievre give incorrect information and mess up.
Dr. Dawg makes the point.
I want to mark this apology; listen for a change.

‘They can never deny what has happened to us’ - Stephen Kakfwi

Update: Poilevre apologized last night and stood in the House of Commons today to offer an on the record apology:

“Yesterday on a day when the House and all Canadians were celebrating a new beginning, I made remarks that were hurtful and wrong,” he said.

“I accept responsibility for them and I apologize.”

I don’t believe him, timing and the wording is way off and he faces no consequences.
I know this guy is young and has a tendency to go off the deep end; that aside, I absolutely do not believe him. I’ve seen nothing to convince me he wasn’t speaking for the party. Given his past record of unstatesmanlike behavior, he is just the guy to speak for the party. As a parlimentary secretary it is his job to speak to issues. And I believe that is exactly what he did.
I do believe there are angry and embarrassed Conservative MP’s; party brass, nope. I think he did exactly what he was told to do.

Look at his language on CFRA: we’ve moved, we spent, some of us are starting to ask.
He used ‘my view’ once.