Yes. I'm just curious, because I can't remember which witness it was, but one of them did speak about the fact that there were little to no indigenous employees working to take the calls who would understand and who wouldn't ask questions like, “Well, can't you walk?” instead of asking for transportation. Quite troubling situations like that were brought up.
Minister, recently the First Nations Financial Management Board, which I know you know about—it's a top-notch organization supporting economic development for indigenous communities—wrote a letter to the standing committee that we're addressing here today. In that letter, the executive chair summed up the situation, using the example of housing. Mr. Harold Calla said, “While the budget makes significant investments in new housing, it does nothing to change the failed systems for getting homes built nor change the pay-as-you-go systems that support [indigenous] housing.”
Minister, are you tackling the systemic inequalities that keep these indigenous people in poverty, poor health and without adequate housing? Clearly, although the money is nice, I think most people are looking for outcomes.