I think what was problematic was the state that first nations were in for an extended period of time. Trying to ensure that there's a frame or a timeliness to address that is not something that I could agree with.
When people have been significantly and historically underfunded and harmed by, to be blunt, decisions that have really prevented them from expanding or offering a better service through local leadership, it takes a long period of time to come back from that.
What does that look like? It means that there's going to be a process in place to try to frame reconciliation or try to frame any kind of improvement as something that we should really be critical of government.... Yes, I can say that there's more work to do by the department. I can say that there are objectives that need to be attained. We continue to go on.
