[Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Chair.
First, I would like to thank you for coming here and giving us your presentation regarding good, safe water. It is very important to us. We know how important it is and how it affects our well-being.
It's too bad that we do not have more time. There are many other things that you would like to tell us about clean water or the lack of it. If you want to continue to raise issues that you didn't get a chance to speak about, I would like you to feel welcome to write to us with the rest of the presentation—you may not have had enough time to present here—so that this bill will serve the people when implemented and passed.
The Auditor General, the justice system and indigenous people have told us how many are working with the federal government. They were told 634 indigenous self-governments. We were told that only 181 have clean water. Clean water is very important to us. We need more clean water in all the reservations. The bill as proposed will have to address all the issues and address the 634. We need to protect clean water.
I would like to ask you all, maybe starting with James, to respond.
I'm very concerned about clean water in indigenous communities. The right belonged to indigenous people and was then taken away from them. Now they are trying to give it back to us under Bill C-61. What is it that we have to look at to ensure clean water and that we have the proper resources to have clean water on our reservations? That means money and infrastructure, everything that we need.