Boujou. Awbinogeeyak. Meegwetch.
Thank you very much for being here. I welcome you to this sitting.
Thank you, Mr. Bevington, for sharing your time with me.
I have a quick question. Canadians have heard for some time now that the government will be cutting back, that the next number of years are going to be pretty slim in terms of funding for various things.
One of the things leaders tell me in my community is that the urban aboriginal strategy is facing cutbacks; it's done through Aboriginal Affairs Canada. As demographics are clearly changing in this country as to urban and rural and who lives where, I wonder whether you could give us some comments about the importance of the urban aboriginal strategy.