Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My sincere thanks to the witnesses for joining us. We have messed up your schedules.
First, on behalf of all my colleagues here, I want to apologize for the absence of Grand Chief Simon, who was one of the witnesses from my region. We have tried to contact him too; he probably has a good reason for not being with us. I am sorry about that; I am sure that he is sorry as well.
My first question goes to Chief Leon.
Thank you for joining us. Maybe someone did push you to be here, but they certainly had good reasons to do so. Your testimony showed us that, and I was particularly struck by it. I have questions about what you said.
You need to increase the supply of affordable housing. You talked about problems with the lack of housing, but especially about problems with mould and renovations. That is your reality. You are on a reserve.
Here is my question: how do the federal housing strategy programs apply? How are you able to succeed in solving those issues with federal programs?