Chief Woodhouse Nepinak, I'd love to start with you.
I had a sweet young lady named Fatima email me from Orde Street Public School. She was inquiring about the status of water infrastructure in first nations territories. In her letter, she was quite concerned. Of course, from your earlier exchange, we know that 36 communities still do not have access to clean water, and you mentioned budgets as a mechanism for government to deliver on these obligations.
The government promised to introduce water legislation that would meet the need for clean water in first nations. So far, about three deadlines have been missed for this legislation. How much of Indigenous Services Canada's $24-billion budget would it cost to address the water infrastructure issues that these first nations communities are facing?