Sheila Fraser wrote a wonderful piece on indigenous policy and services to first nations in the six-page preface to her spring 2011 report. I commend that to the committee and to anybody who is watching. She identified four structural barriers to making any progress on services to first nations.
The first is a lack of a legislative base. The second is a lack of clarity about service levels. The third is a lack of an appropriate funding mechanism. The fourth is a lack of organizations to support local service delivery.
That's as true now as it was in 2011.
I also commend to you the report of this committee from February 2012 in response to that report. It called for structural reform—