Mr. Speaker, decades of underinvestment and discrimination means that there is a tremendous lack of safe, affordable housing and housing supports for indigenous peoples across this country. We have taken action to support indigenous peoples in urban, rural and northern communities to build strong, healthy communities.
In our efforts to close this gap, we have increased our funding for on-reserve housing by 1,300%. We have supported the construction, renovation and retrofit of over 36,000 homes with 23,000 completed.
We will not stop. We are focused on results, following the lead of indigenous partners that is creating tangible, lasting, indigenous-led solutions to close this gap.