Mr. Chairman, very quickly, I think the member is correct. There are areas in which conditions on reserves are improving, but I would indicate that overall it's getting worse out there. The housing shortage, for example, has increased to 20,000 houses from some 9,000 the last time we audited it. The education gap between first nations people on reserves graduating from high school compared to the Canadian population is widening.
There are areas where it is getting worse out there. There are areas of improvements, but there are areas where it's getting worse as well.