Thank you, Ms. Bérubé. I'm really sorry about the technical problems I had with the internet and Zoom.
Regarding recommendations and needs, I talked about that briefly. We have to make sure that under this bill, the early learning and child care framework for young indigenous children is accessible to urban indigenous organizations.
At the moment, this funding is only administered through indigenous political institutions, and it does not give service organizations like the indigenous friendship centres in Canada access to funds to develop early childhood and family services.
We know that indigenous families use little or no services offered by the government because they are afraid of racism or discrimination. Things like indigenous friendship centres become places for receiving services that are culturally appropriate and safe, and this enables us to support families and young children.