We have done research ourselves this year on what's happening across Canada on poverty through our friendship centres. One hundred percent of the centres reported to us that the federal, provincial, and municipal governments have not properly addressed poverty for aboriginal people in cities and towns.
It requires many of the interventions we discussed today. But I think we need to work together.
I'm going to leave you with this quote from Jim Silver, from a book called Solutions That Work: Fighting Poverty in Winnipeg. He wrote:
While it is true that poverty is a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon for which there is no single solution, it is nevertheless the case that community-based initiatives are a necessary feature of any real and lasting attempt to eradicate poverty in Canada.
The friendship centres across Canada are ready to be a partner in that process.
Thank you.