I don't know if my personal view is relevant to the deliberations of this committee, but I think there are some obvious things that people are doing that make a lot of sense.
I think you go back to the Indian Act. I think everyone would recognize that it is a rather imperfect tool when it comes to helping people participate in the Canadian economy. It's effectively been able to isolate aboriginal Canadians from the economy for 140 years.
I think we need to find ways of dealing with some of the more important regulatory or legislative barriers to economic development, things that get in the way, things that inhibit first nations from attracting investment or developing businesses on reserve. I don't necessarily think it's always a question of money. It's also a question of having the right tools, and the tools are not just money, although money is important too, I suppose. But we could be looking at many other things as well.
The way a local government in the non-first-nation context manages its financing is unavailable to first nations, for instance. So there are real limitations on how money can be spent. I think those are some of the things you need to fix as well.