Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I'd like to thank the witnesses.
I would like to extend my sincere condolences to the loved ones and families of the two young men from the Val-d'Or area who passed away.
I feel that most would agree, from what we are hearing today, that the distinctions-based approach to service delivery to indigenous people does not allow friendship centres to properly carry out their mission.
My question is for the representatives of the National Association of Friendship Centres.
How should the government have rolled out financial assistance to ensure that friendship centres could provide services to the community?
Ms. Cloutier could answer on a perhaps more local level, that is to say, regarding the situation in Val-d'Or.