Thank you very much for that. I appreciate the support of ACORN and the work that you do right across the country.
Mr. Sheppard and Ms. Formsma, thank you very much for being here today. You raised an important issue about the budget simply forgetting urban indigenous peoples. We've seen, over the past year, $750 billion given to the banking industry in liquidity supports. The Parliamentary Budget Officer tells us that $25 billion in tax money every year goes to offshore tax havens, benefiting ultra-rich people and profitable corporations. The absence of a wealth tax means that $10 billion every year is lost to make investments for all people in this country. There's not even a pandemic profits tax, and the PBO estimates that $8 billion is the shortfall there. That again would make a huge difference.
How important is it for the government to ensure that resources are available to urban indigenous people here in Canada, and how important is it to have indigenous-led housing? You'll recall the NDP brought forward a motion on that to Parliament. The Liberal government voted against it. How important is it to have indigenous-led housing initiatives in urban centres across Canada?