It would be great to have this funding also for first nations on reserve. It can be a little bit frustrating how sometimes the fund looks at on reserve and off reserve differently. Because we have a traditional territory, we are an unceded first nation, so it would be great to be able to get access to this fund within our traditional territory. I think there are opportunities to partner with different first nations and different indigenous non-profits as well to be able to provide housing for women and our vulnerable community members in future affordable housing projects as well.
I think we need to get rid of that on-reserve, off-reserve way of thinking. Municipalities can also support first nations with the development of infrastructure, but also servicing. Municipal service agreements are needed for most of the Squamish Nation's reserves. We just signed one with the City of Vancouver, but we do require them with all of our other municipalities. Those municipal service agreements give us access to water, utilities and all sorts of stuff. A lot of those need to be done to be able to do the housing that we need to be able to bring everybody home within the next generation. Those can be really long agreements and take a really long time. It would be great to see those municipalities make those municipal service agreements a priority.