Thanks very much, Minister. I did happen to catch on my left, while you were answering, a comment from a colleague across the way: Why are they hungry? Well, they're hungry because generations' worth of policies on the part of previous governments, both Liberal and Conservative alike, have contributed to detrimental conditions for indigenous peoples, and we continue to live with those realities.
However, having said that, take into account some of the other substantial policy investments that we have made. For example, when it comes to the Canada child benefit, we've said this to families: Hey, do you know what we're going to do? We're actually going to scale this to income, because we recognize that people who have a household combined income of $500,000 a year and two kids don't need the same help that perhaps a single mother or father living in the centre or northwest part of Winnipeg needs.
When we combine the ecosystem with those types of investments, in addition to the foundation we're laying with the school food program and a variety of other steps that we've made, inclusive of that $650-million health care transfer to the Province of Manitoba—in partnership with a government in Manitoba that, I think, we haven't seen over the course of the past decade while there was a Conservative government that decimated the education and health care system in Manitoba—I think that we're finally starting to move in the right direction.
Because it will be perhaps my last opportunity to speak with Minister Vandal, I just quickly would like him to address Churchill, Manitoba. This is near and dear, of course, to many in Manitoba, but part of the reason that it's very dear to me is that my late father spent much of his time as a minister in this government working to advance the interests of the people of Churchill and the town of Churchill.
Minister, very quickly, can you just give us a lay of the land in terms of how those investments that we've made over the years are allowing the town of Churchill to succeed, and where you suspect we're going to be moving forward in order to help build on that foundation?
Thank you.