Yes, the point I would like to stress to the committee is that this comes back to what's becoming the very tired, old question of resources versus regulation. In the national engineering assessment, the expert panel on first nations drinking water, and any number of reports by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, the same theme emerges, namely that you need to have financial resources in place for the proper construction, operation, and maintenance of drinking water systems. You cannot regulate or guideline safe drinking water into existence.
That's the problem with the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act. I think it's the problem with the aspirations of this bill. You can set all the standards you want when it comes to first nations' situation, but those standards won't result in safe drinking water coming out of the tap. Money is needed, and there has not been a financial plan or a commitment by any government to address the need identified by the national engineering assessment.