Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all of the witnesses for taking the time and making the effort to be with us today. It is appreciated.
My first question is for the National Association of Friendship Centres. I'll let the two of you decide who wants to answer.
As has been referenced a couple of times, $305 million was announced for the indigenous community support fund. Out of that $305 million, $15 million was allocated to urban indigenous organizations like yours. It was through an application-based process. My understanding, from a statistical basis, is that over 60% of indigenous people in Canada live in urban centres and that this funding represents about 5% of the funding for indigenous organizations.
You spoke to it a bit in your presentation, but perhaps you could elaborate on how maybe the underfunding of urban indigenous organizations during this pandemic puts indigenous people in urban centres at greater risk.