Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, Ms. Blackstock. Thank you for joining us here.
Early on in your testimony, you mentioned a study involving several thousand children. You stated that 30% of all children in care were aboriginal and that over 10% of aboriginal children were placed in care. You also stated that some of these children were placed in as many as 10 to 15 different foster homes and that as a result, their intellectual abilities were somewhat affected.
You cited the example of a Manitoba youth who was forced to go on social assistance in order to get treatment. You also said that you would like to control overall heath care for First Nations, both on and off reserves.
I have two very important questions for you. First of all, is there some way for you to control the number of First Nation members and Inuit who live off reserves? Secondly, how does the First Nations child and family services funding formula compare to the funding formula for education on reserves?