I think there are perhaps a couple of things that I would like to mention.
First of all, I was very happy with the fact that the committee decided to have a hearing on this report. Since I've been in this position, we've also issued the audit on policing services and the one on disaster assistance, and in neither case was there a hearing on those subjects. The fact that we've had the chance to talk about this, and that the department has had a chance to explain the issues they face, I think has been important.
I think, though, that the other thing is very much to get an understanding of what the departments that are involved have said—and there are many departments involved in providing services to first nations—and what they've committed to do in terms of providing services to first nations, so that we can get an understanding of whether they're living up to that.
Also, I think the other thing we've talked about today is that many of the types of issues we've talked about are issues that have been known for a while. They have come up in various other reports. For a future Parliament, I think perhaps it's important to go back and reflect on some of those studies and reviews that have been done on this file to determine where the departments are on them.
I think there's a lot that can be done to improve the situation. It's a very complex problem, obviously, with many departments involved and facing a lot of challenges, but I think one thing that has been a common thread for me in these audits is that it is possible, and it is within the power of the departments, to improve a lot of the services they're providing to these types of first nations.