I was talking about different first nations communities having different needs, and I want to talk about one of the barriers that the Auditor General mentioned in her report, particularly the passive and siloed approach to supporting first nations.
I understand the report found that the application-based support models tend to favour communities with greater administrative capacity—in fact, you mentioned this in your previous answer to my colleague—and this unintentionally reinforces existing disparities.
I think it's important that we ask you what steps you're taking at Indigenous Services Canada to level that playing field. Equity is very important between the different groups and communities that might be remote, might have more administrative challenges or might lack different resources in administration. In fact, Ms. Hogan said we have to meet them where they are and not presume that there is a standard level of administrative capacity or sophistication.
How do we tailor that approach given the different communities we might be encountering?