Mr. Speaker, there is a housing crisis in first nations in our region and across the country, with long waiting lists, overcrowded homes and tens of thousands of homes that have critical mould issues. In Manitoba alone, 85% of first nations people report mould in their homes.
It does not end there. Many homes still lack access to clean water and to sewer service, such as Garden Hill First Nation, where many people do not have clean running water because their houses are not hooked up. They have been unable to get funding, because they are not on a boil water advisory list. That is because they do not even have the water to boil.
The housing crisis is making people sick. Wherever I go in our north, what I hear when it comes to housing and sewer and water is that there are longer and longer waiting lists, and the problems are getting worse.
When I have raised this issue in the House, all we get is talking points, even from the Prime Minister.
Enough is enough. The government has been in power for three years, and many more before that. It is time to cut the talk and act. There is a budget coming up, and people cannot wait longer.
Let us act to end the housing crisis now.