Yes. Thank you very much, member.
The type of story you're telling is something that echoes across the country in terms of the wonderful outcomes that can come from remedying these inequalities and getting services for kids. We know, for example, from the Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman, that for every dollar government spends on a child, it will save many times that number downstream. This is something that I know my colleagues will agree with.
Although we're spending money on Jordan's principle now, we can expect to get savings in the public purse downstream, but more importantly, this could be the first generation of first nation kids who never have to recover from their childhoods. That's the importance of Jordan's principle and the equality measures that it represents.
Jordan's principle is a legal requirement now in the country and is something that should be embraced. Especially those who are really fiscally prudent should embrace it and preserve it, but if we're able to continue on with it as a measure, we need to plug the holes in the other underfunded services, because that's really the answer, right? It's to make sure that when a first nation child goes into a school, it doesn't have black mould and that there are a number of teachers there who can support that young person. Also, as you're pointing out in terms of the tie to self-government, we need to make sure the services are culturally appropriate and take into context the culture and language of that particular student.