Human Resources committee  I'm the president and CEO of Namerind Housing Corporation, as well as the chair of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association's indigenous housing caucus. We have a membership of around 140 indigenous housing and service providers from across Canada. Namerind is an indigenous n

Human Resources committee  Yes. We haven't worked with Indigenous Services or anything like that. We've worked with another ministry and with CMHC.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. It's so important to us. Even sitting on the board of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association—as I said, I chair the indigenous caucus—we've invested money and worked with CMHC to develop our for indigenous, by indigenous housing strategy. I believe we've present

Human Resources committee  Actually I did. I sent a letter. Really it wasn't applying through any sort of a program. It was just an ask, because I think it will really transform the shelter system here in Regina. I think it's something that could be replicated across the country, because shelters aren't se

Human Resources committee  The co-investment fund is a costly endeavour. As Jeff said, the time involved when you're a small non-profit, when you put your resources into one project or one program, takes from many others. We've been working on one project for quite some time and it's costly. You're always

Human Resources committee  I'd prefer that the money went to the service provider, because if it came to us, I really think that would speak to reconciliation. In my presentation, I spoke a little about reconciliation. I think sometimes money can go from federal to provincial, and by the time it gets to pr

Human Resources committee  I don't know.

Human Resources committee  We talked about it for the homelessness strategy, and they decided there wasn't a clear plan in place. They voted to give $20,000 in support of it, but in that same meeting they actually voted in favour of the support of a $20-million building for the humane society. The upsettin

Human Resources committee  I won't be as fast. Hi everyone, and thank you for inviting me here today to speak on this critical piece missing from the 2017 national housing strategy. My name is Robert Byers and I am the president and CEO of Namerind Housing Corporation in Regina, Saskatchewan. I am also t

Human Resources committee  You know what? That's going back a ways and I have trouble remembering. I know that I've talked with Adam Vaughan on numerous occasions. I did play a part in the development of the Reaching Home strategy, and through the indigenous caucus in the Canadian Housing and Renewal Assoc

Human Resources committee  I think back to what it was like when we got started on this journey. The subsidy that we were receiving from the federal government was decreasing year by year, to where, I believe, we got somewhere just over $100,000 or maybe $150,000 a year. That didn't do it, but we were prep

Human Resources committee  I think I would have almost an indigenous CMHC, one that understood the issues, one that could measure the investments and measure the outcomes and really show a focused difference being made.

Human Resources committee  We don't receive funding, really, from any.... We've received funding as a community entity through the Reaching Home homelessness strategy, but as far as Namerind Housing is concerned, and funding to provide affordable housing, we get revenue from the rent and then from our vari

Human Resources committee  There are a lot of things going through my head when we talk about that. I'll try not to get too sidetracked. The need for a distinct strategy for us is so important. I know that we've talked about dollars. Off the top of my head, as soon as you said dollars, I just went blank. I

Human Resources committee  I know that what we've been talking about with some of the sub-projects here is the way they write the proposals. If we can change that, then maybe we can have them so that they're renewed year after year so that they don't have to keep writing a proposal. We understand the time