I think all of us in western Canada are facing this. There's a depopulation of rural Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, so it's not only first nation communities that are facing this issue of attracting talent, but even small towns and small cities.
This is why it's important that Thunderchild is seen as a leader in this. They have reached out to a partner who has the capabilities in another jurisdiction. I think that for too long in Saskatchewan, as first nation communities, we've been at odds with small-town Saskatchewan. While the small towns are depopulating, the population in first nation communities is increasing, so small towns are slowly dwindling and yet there is a first nation community that's actually building and growing. We're building schools, building health care facilities, and yet the hospitals and the small-town grocery stores are slowly flittering away.
I think what we're talking about is social capital. For all of us who grew up in Saskatchewan, we grew up in two solitudes, and now I think it's about time, as a new generation.... But it's very difficult because we're facing these issues of racism and discrimination. There is built-in racism inside the school systems, inside the health care systems. There's no disputing that, but how we begin to recognize the future depends on our ability to work together.
So I think in terms of building capacity and basically sharing responsibilities for our young people and for the future of Saskatchewan—certainly in the part of Saskatchewan we're in—we need to begin to build those bridges based on social capital. We're working together.