Many of the communities I'm speaking with are saying that they've had enough of the “Ottawa knows best” approach. It's kind of what you're saying, that the communities want control of the care of their kids. I think all of us in this room support that.
Having said that, according to this Global News article, there's a disparity in the costs. Apparently, according to this article, a for-profit group home in northern Ontario gets roughly 26% more funding for an indigenous child compared to a non-indigenous child. Has there been any accountability for that money, given that we are seeing case after case of neglect and wrongdoing in many cases? It doesn't seem like the extra money is being put into culturally appropriate care or anything like that. It just seems like the money is being paid and the children are off somewhere. According to the article, sometimes they're hundreds of kilometres away from their families or their communities.
If the indigenous communities are saying they're ready, and if this abuse is happening, how much time are we talking about until this gets corrected?