Mr. Speaker, the chiefs drew attention to the appalling living conditions in first nations communities.
I would like to note that we demanded many times for this meeting. This is a crisis that these people are facing in their communities.
While this meeting was extremely important, what we really want to see is an immediate plan of action.
One of the things these chiefs proposed was the need for a field hospital. It takes 15 hours on average to get a medevac to a community that is one hour away from Winnipeg.
Why can these people, these first nations, not receive the immediate health care services they need?