Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here with your team in light of this historic crisis we're facing right now.
As you know, we want to talk about many issues, but right now, with the pending crisis before us, we have important timely questions around disaster preparedness for first nations, Inuit and Métis people. We're going to focus on things that we're hearing.
We're hearing constantly from your government and your party that more needs to be done, and right now, with regard to the concerns we have with COVID-19, the advice to Canadians and indigenous people has been, “Wash your hands and self-quarantine.”
So many communities don't even have running water to be able to deal with this crisis, or there's overcrowding in homes. It would help if people could self-quarantine and could certainly stop the spread. Can you talk about concrete steps that your government is taking right now to support indigenous communities facing this crisis?