I'm not exactly sure of the stats on that. We know it's serious. It was actually precipitated by a real serious issue in the North Battleford area not too many years ago. If you recall, there was a town that was looking after the fire coverage. They didn't have an agreement with the first nation, so they didn't go to put out the fire. Unfortunately, a couple of young girls died in the fire. It prompted us and SUMA, our sister organization, the urban association, to sit down. We meet probably three or four times a year. We meet with INAC and we meet with the provincial public safety minister as well.
We've come up with an idea, and we've met with several people in Ottawa. We've been trying to get this fund.... Maybe Mr. Easter can help us with this, and some of the other MPs. We've met with Senator Lillian Dyck. Actually, two days ago I was in Ottawa, and we met with her again to reinforce this idea. Another one is Georgina Jolibois. We met with her. She meets with us in Saskatoon.
It's a serious issue. We need to get the federal government, and I think each province, to put in some funding to create some protection.