Thank you.
Mr. Picard, if memory serves, you used the words “archaic” and “outdated” to describe the policy. I think we are unanimous in saying that the chronic underfunding of first nations is the main reason why they are in intervention situations like the ones related to this policy.
I think you have partially answered one of my questions when you talked about the possibility of using other funding sources for first nations.
Could that go any further?
For instance, I'm thinking of the revenue sharing for resource development on our territories. Perhaps that's one solution.
In your view, are there other solutions?
For instance, we could consider a constitutional amendment to change the equalization formula applied across the country and to include the first nations, the poorest of the poor.