Good afternoon. I am Chief Lance Haymond from Kebaowek First Nation. I have the housing and infrastructure portfolio for the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador. I also co-chair the chiefs committee on housing and infrastructure at AFN. I recently accepted the position of director general of Yänonhchia’, an innovative housing finance initiative that provides mortgages on reserve without band or government guarantees.
I'd like to begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional territory of my first nation—