First off, be aware of which communities aren't applying or don't have the capacity. If you look at many of our previous reports—whether they be about water, emergency preparedness or, here, housing and policing—they're all about programs that require communities to apply. For example, the CMHC has 13 different housing programs, so a community has to figure out which of the 13 it may be eligible for and apply individually to each of them. That is very complex if you don't have a dedicated housing manager.
In my view, the approach the government is using is passive and siloed, and it hasn't been working over the last two decades. It's been 20 years that we have been looking at housing. It's time for a fundamental shift in how Indigenous Services Canada approaches these types of programs with communities if the goal is really to support them in self-determination. They need the knowledge, the awareness and the authority to have access to the funding. Some communities just need more help in knowing about the programs that exist.