Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the minister and deputy minister for joining us today.
Hopefully, I can get us back on track with my line of questioning. As I've mentioned before, this is very close to my heart. My whole past was involved in indigenous education here in New Brunswick, and for sure I think back to a lot of the things that many of the people I worked with would like me to ask.
The biggest piece, of course, is around the funding gap that existed. I'm really happy to hear that a 70% increase in funding has occurred since 2015. Are you hearing that on the ground? Is that one of the most common things you're hearing as you tour the country? In speaking with those with on-reserve schools or with those who have students attending off-reserve schools, is funding the biggest component that's been missing in this?