Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank all of the witnesses and I welcome them.
The study began some time ago. The negative effects and all of the issues related to the aboriginal population were related to us repeatedly. When we look at the whole picture, as you and other witnesses have explained it, we see that the labour force development and training strategy is hard to fit into a continuum.
Let me explain what I mean. I regularly point out that it seems necessary that we have a real strategy that evolves constantly, so that we may talk about the economic resiliency of aboriginal populations. A witness also referred to this. The expression “economic resiliency” is strong and very meaningful. We cannot put this strategy into effect by itself, without considering all of the elements such as early education and all of the measures that must be taken to improve housing, living conditions and so on. We cannot, in the final analysis, claim that this strategy that has been put in place has solved everything.
In my opinion, some very good things are being done and that is all for the better, thank God. However, I think we have to look at this in a much broader way. We have to get a bird's eye view to see the whole landscape clearly.
This seems to me like an important consideration. Some of you referred to that and I would like your opinion.