One thing that's really evident is that there isn't a great supply of housing and we obviously need more. The one thing that we believe is that housing is the cornerstone to all of this. In that context, all the other symptoms that exist in the aboriginal community can start to be solved if you have a roof over your head. You can work on getting a better education, on getting a job, on getting training, but it all starts from having a place to live.
We believe that's the cornerstone of starting. NAHA has developed a national action plan for aboriginal housing. This action plan is built on the aboriginal housing trust model that was recently developed by the government. What it suggests.... We've just started the process. This trust has provided an opportunity to increase the supply, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. We're so far behind now that it's going take us 10 or 15 years of a similar type of funding to be able to meet all those needs. The plan also tries to incorporate the very issue of aboriginal women.
So in that sense, we want to call on the government to endorse this and to continue the process. Every time we find a little bit of success, everything stops. Somebody says, “Oh, this is a one-time shot, so you just get it once”. Well, “once” just touches the edge of it; we need to continue that plan and address the problem in a much, much greater way.