Great. Thank you very much.
I realize this is a recurring theme in our discussions here, but when we're talking about recommendations, while we get excited about the idea of coming up with something new, the reality is that we certainly haven't mastered the age-old recommendations of how to deal with poverty and mental health.
What's clear to me here is that everybody is talking about the need for housing. There's a direct federal responsibility when it comes to housing, so I certainly hope that coming out of your presentations we have some strong recommendations on the need for the federal government to step it up when it comes to housing.
I also want to revisit one area that you, Mr. Mantler, have talked about, which is the particular experience of indigenous communities.
I have the honour of representing a number of indigenous communities in Manitoba. There's a very clear link between the neglect of the social determinants of health—we know that first nations, for example, fall under federal jurisdiction—and poverty and mental health. A number of the communities I represent have had mental health crises and suicide crises.
When you ask young people what they need, you hear them talk of recreation, housing, and the need not to go hungry. I'm wondering if perhaps you, Mr. Mantler, and others would like to share in the short time that I have how important it is to make sure that very basic fundamentals are covered. Is there a role for the federal government to step it up on that front?