Human Resources committee  We strive to provide opportunities here. Leasing of lands is one of the big steps we have taken. We provide a lot of 99-year leases. So our community members, including the non-natives, certainly having 9,000-plus population.... It started first with the development of mobile homes, then it moved into the higher-end homes, and today homes that many of our non-natives live in are well in excess of $1 million in value.

Human Resources committee  I have to say thank you very much for that question. I just want to make sure that you're not confusing Westbank with Osoyoos, for example. Chief Clarence Louie is from Osoyoos. If I were to say fertile lands, they have the vineyards and the agricultural lands, whereas, yes, we're economically suited to the location we're at, but we focus not so much on the agriculture and the fertility of lands but more on the fertility, if you will, of the people and the economic aspects of shopping centres and that sort of thing.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. We do have head start programs. We have an early childhood development centre, and in some cases we start right from the time the child is a baby and old enough to go into a facility. Our Westbank Child Development Centre supports that child through to kindergarten and then eventually into first grade, second grade, and so forth.

Human Resources committee  Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Savage. Specifically, we've got a community services department located in our health and wellness centre. I am in one of the meeting rooms in this building, as we speak. One of the programs we have, for example, provides some of the basics of getting a job.

Human Resources committee  Yes, I can. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. It's a pleasure to be here.

Human Resources committee  Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. It's certainly a pleasure to be here, and I thank you very much for the opportunity. I'd like to thank Mr. Cannan, our MP representative here in the Kelowna area, for inviting me to be a participant. My name is Robert Louie and I'm the chief of the Westbank First Nation.