There are two fronts on that. First, the houses that INAC builds are not for us, they are for first nations. We haven't had any houses built in the communities, as I said, for over a decade for sure.
We don't have any senior homes. We had a few built at one time, back in the late eighties or early nineties, but that was it. Overall, our seniors live together with their families and they're all piled up in the house.
The challenge that I think the federal government faces right now--and I say this openly--is that when you transfer funds under CST, for example, the Canadian social transfer process, you give it to the province, but you don't put any targets on it. You don't put any accountability on that province. You don't put any measurables on that province as to how it is spending the federal money that you gave to the province to make sure it's actually going to my people and serving my people. There is none. So where they take that money and use it in their provincial budget has a negative effect on our side.
One of the issues I've been pushing for is that if I'm going to be accountable, so should they. From my perspective, I think if the federal government wants to transfer money to the province for housing, it should make a clear distinction of some targets that it has to measure against the Métis people. Those are my tax dollars you are using, too.
So as I said, I'd love to see that kind of accountability take place on both sides. From our perspective, I think you'll see a major difference. Even with social housing, will they come into our communities with it? I hope they do. The premier says they are going to come to some of my communities, but I don't know how many of them will get lucky.