A lot of people coming to Winnipeg for the first time don't have experience with rental markets, so they don't necessarily know their rights as tenants. Some people don't have the identification they need to access social services. If you're coming from a smaller community, which most first nation reserve communities are, you go to the band office and you're able to get your resources all in one place.
Here in Winnipeg you're going through a number of different systems. You may be trying to access social assistance or to find employment. You may be looking for a different agency to help you with housing or with family issues. You're trying to navigate all these different systems, and there isn't a central resource for people sometimes. This can be an intimidating factor as well. Then there are factors of discrimination. If you're trying to find housing and you're indigenous, how often is it that people are discriminated against? Unfortunately, it's far too often here in Winnipeg.