Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Tansi to the grand chief of Treaty 6. It's good to see you, Cody. I hope you're doing well. I'm definitely jealous that you're in Oilers country right now. I'm here in Ottawa, and I'm cheering on the Oilers all the way over here.
However, I know that we have important business to get to, so I'll speak directly to you, Grand Chief, just to clarify some of the damning information that was presented by the Auditor General.
I'll quote from her speech, as a matter of fact:
This is the fourth time since 2003 that we have raised concerns about housing in First Nations communities, and—20 years later—many of these concerns persist. Despite these audits, we found that Indigenous Services Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation have made little progress in supporting First Nations to improve housing conditions in their communities.
We also hear very often in this place, Grand Chief, that there's a housing crisis, albeit this housing crisis in first nations communities has been a long-standing one. Do you want to comment on how long and generational this crisis has been?