Very briefly, we recognize that the housing gap is large. We assessed the same level of data that the Auditor General did. We looked at communities with the poorest housing conditions and how we allocate money. We found that from 2018 to 2023, first nations with the highest need received approximately 39% more funding per capita than communities with other housing and higher housing conditions. We also looked at the metrics that were proposed by the Auditor General, looking at communities with 100 or fewer housing units. We found that, on average, those communities received roughly 50% more funding than communities on the other end of the spectrum.
We don't disagree that the housing need is great. What we have a little bit of concern with is how the metric was portrayed in the report.