Thank you for the question.
First, I had the pleasure of attending that meeting as well, with Deputy Fox. In the period between that discussion and today, we have engaged first nations from coast to coast to coast on essentially the question about what are some of the paramount infrastructure needs that would be seen in a given community. That was extended to colleagues and to Crown-Indigenous Relations, where they engaged the ITK and MNC on similar questions.
We're proud to announce that we had a tremendously high response from first nations: 72% of first nations came forward to identify their needs in a robust way. We're in the period of consolidating that data. Some of the core findings include the need for continued funding in core areas like community infrastructure, water, which we're discussing today, and the continued need for planning. We're in the process of putting a capstone on that report.
I want to thank first nations for their ongoing participation. Of course, the data collection on infrastructure needs never ends, but we have a good milestone in terms of the overall quantum of need and the prioritization of first nations relative to their infrastructure priorities.