Thank you, Mr. Longboat. I don't necessarily have the statistics in front of me, but there have been new trends in urban areas for the past 10 to 15 years. According to the statistics, the indigenous population is growing in urban areas. However, most of the time, indigenous people are living in conditions that are not, to put it politely, ideal. For example, there's an increase in homelessness among indigenous people.
I would like you to tell us about these problems and the role that your centres or other stakeholders can play. Among other things, what are the causes of homelessness among first nations? Is it the lack of health services in communities or on reserves that leads people to move to urban areas, where they get less support? Can you explain to me how the problems faced by first nations people in urban areas have evolved and what the causes are? What role can you play to ensure that, in many cases, there's less human suffering among first nations?
