Thank you, Ms. Fry.
I want to thank all of you for coming to meet with us today and for your very interesting comments. I have a question for anyone who wishes to answer.
Some of you talked about a lack of political will to really tackle the problem at all levels of government. From time to time, we see signs of some political will. For example, Joé Juneau did some remarkable work with the Inuit in the Far North. He decided to do it on his own. It was quite remarkable. That guy should be given a medal every day. We also saw the Canadian government in action, but not for the Aboriginal people; it was for the G8 and the G20. One billion dollars was invested to protect a few people for three days from anticipated violence. That would be like hiring 10,000 nurses and paying them each $100,000. That is what was spent to protect these people, when this gentleman was talking about the fact that the Aboriginal nations are only receiving several thousand dollars a year.
At the same time, we have to recognize that, for a certain number of years, the government has been providing funding and some resources. But the results aren't there. So, I would like to ask each of you what you think the main issue is. Is it the lack of money, the fact that it is poorly allocated, poorly defined, is not going to the right people or that the criteria are not clear enough? What is the fundamental issue, as you see it? Perhaps we could take you in order, starting with Mr. Savard.