Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to all of the witnesses for being here today.
My first question is for Mrs. McGee.
This summer I introduced a motion to convert the CERB into a permanent guaranteed livable basic income, as a step toward ensuring that every person living in Canada is able to live in dignity and with human rights.
Based on data, the basic income I was proposing was meant to centre those in society who needed it most. It's now clear that indigenous people are some of the most unhoused people living in Canada.
In addition, the national inquiry also called for a guaranteed livable basic income in its call for justice 4.5 to ensure a guaranteed livable basic income for all Canadians, including indigenous people, to meet their social and economic needs.
How do you believe a permanent guaranteed livable basic income could help ensure that indigenous people are able to access housing, and have their right to housing met?