Garry Breitkreuz, Conservative Member of Parliament for Yorkton-Melville (SK), rose in the House of Commons yesterday to demand that the Liberal government explain why money taken from the Keeseekoose school account was used for private entertainment.

Audio Link (unofficial transcript follows):
http://media.conservative.ca/audio/20051116-Breitkreuz.mp3

Mr. Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville, CPC): Mr. Speaker, apparently the new Liberal education policy involves paying for California vacations out of a school child's education fund.

Listen to this: Money taken from the Keeseekoose school account: $1,200 for Sea World; $158 for **Zorrow Jewellery of Santa Monica; $125 for Universal Studios. In total, over $3,000 stolen from the children on the reserve to pay for a California vacation.

Why will the minister not stand up for the school children of Keeseekoose?

Hon. Andy Scott (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, this government is standing up for education for first nations. That is the reason we will be going to Kelowna at the end of this month. That is what people who really care about first nations do; not this.

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Previous questions into the Keeseekoose school account:

Nov. 15, 2005 - Casino Regina great beneficiaries of Keeseekoose school money . . . click here
Nov. 14, 2005 - Breitkreuz poses question on money stolen from Keeseekoose First Nation school children . . . click here