Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to welcome our witnesses, who are being subjected to a public pillorying today.
Mr. Chairman, I agree with Mr. Lemay and Ms. Crowder when they say that housing for aboriginals is unacceptable. I think we knew that before we undertook the last study. I became aware of it, as did Mr. Brooks, when we participated in the First Nations Socio-economic Forum in Mashteuiatsh, Quebec. At that forum, we concluded that there was a crying need for housing. I share that concern.
However, what I disagree with, colleagues, is the fact that this morning we have made a huge mistake: we have shot the messengers. Responsibility for housing is first and foremost political. If Ms. Dansereau was not in her position in 1993, the Bloc Québécois was in Parliament in 1994. The main responsibility of political parties is to solve problems and to assign public servants their proper role.