Mr. Chair, these businesses provide essential funding for services and employment on and off reserves across Canada. I, along with many indigenous business leaders, have been advocating for a month now on this. I just hope this comes soon. I hope this is something that is taken very seriously.
My next question is for the Minister of Indigenous Services.
Currently in northern Saskatchewan, the communities of La Loche, Clearwater River Dene Nation and English River First Nation are experiencing a bad outbreak of COVID-19. These outbreaks in northern and remote places require unique responses due to the lack of health resources and the geographical challenge.
Mr. Chair, through you to Minister Miller, I ask what action ISC has taken to address this particular outbreak in northern Saskatchewan. Does that action include providing these communities with additional health personnel?