We have a lot of work to do within the Métis National Council, and thank you for your kind comments.
We've rapidly progressed since signing the Canada-Métis Nation Accord. We were really left out of a lot of different processes. We didn't have any established mechanisms to negotiate different policies or programs with the federal [Technical difficulty—Editor].
We still struggle to implement these programs into our communities due to a lack of infrastructure and a lack of capacity. Just throwing money at us to all of a sudden deliver programs and services to our people is fantastic. However, we have, at the same time, had to develop our capacity and our infrastructure to be able to do so. We've been playing catch-up and delivering these services all at the same time.
The work of the governing members of our Métis governments is just absolutely incredible. They are up to the challenge in doing all of that work. However, [Technical difficulty—Editor] there was an established program specifically for Métis people.