Thanks very much.
Thank you, Minister, for coming here today.
As we're actually discussing estimates, I think I want to talk about money. As you know, we've had some concerns--the comment from the UN declaration to the first nations panel on education that your comments and correspondence around these things being “aspirational” has been somewhat disappointing.
So I want to ask you a very simple question. Both the Auditor General and your own commission, on the national assessment of first nations water and waste-water systems, have concluded that major investments are needed to bring the safety of first nations water and waste-water systems up to a standard comparable to that of non-first-nation communities. Your national assessment said that $1.2 billion was required to do this. What do you believe is the amount of funding required to bring these systems up to a comparable standard?