Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will ask my questions in French.
CHRA and FRAPRU are both talking about housing strategies based on human rights and the right to housing. As you know, I am very supportive of that because I introduced a bill in the House of Commons that specifically calls for the right to housing to be included in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. My colleague Ms. Rachel Blaney also presented one on the subject.
I would like to move on to the issue of housing for aboriginal people, since Inuit representation has increased considerably in the room this morning.
CHRA mentioned specific strategies for aboriginal people. It even talked about
unique housing trust.
According to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, the shortage on reserves and in villages will reach 115,000 units by 2031. Forty-one percent of households live in homes requiring major repairs, and 51% of units have mould. I saw it myself when I visited Nunavik.
FRAPRU's brief speaks of poor housing conditions, saying that this constitutes a blockage that prevents access to other human rights.
I would like to know what FRAPRU and CHRA mean when they talk about blocked access to other human rights and
unique housing trust.
I will ask you to answer first.
I will then ask the two women from Nunavut to give us their points of view.
We rarely ask for your point of view on that.