Thank you very much for the question.
I think your list of Auditor General's reports that speak to the ongoing challenge of indigenous people in a systemically oppressive colonizing system is a fair question. What I would say is that, under our federal government, we have put reconciliation at the core under the federal Liberal government.
In 2015, I was very proud to campaign for a Prime Minister who made a commitment to lift all boil water advisories, which was an ambitious commitment but actually set a goal for this country, and to actually reach toward that goal with tangible investments of money, expertise and a new way of doing work with first nations—not imposing solutions on first nations, but working with first nations on solutions. First nations, for many generations, have known that if they could have control, they could do much better.
What I would say is that there has been an increase in indigenous spending by 168% since 2015. Is it enough to close the gap? I fundamentally think that it is not. We know what the gap is in housing and in infrastructure, for example, and in many other spaces, but what I can say is that the partnership with first nations has improved dramatically since 2015. First nations people now feel that they are at the table, that they are in the space where they are making decisions for their communities and where they are working with a federal government that wants to be a willing partner, a fair partner and a supportive partner. That's a sea change since 2015.