Human Resources committee  I can speak to that. A number of first nations are advocating for a change in the land tenure on reserve. The Indian Act does not really provide the type of land tenure that most other Canadians take for granted, and it's a huge impediment to business development and of course t

Human Resources committee  I suppose this is a personal opinion.

Human Resources committee  It's not really about changing the Indian Act, but about providing a level of jurisdiction that is appropriate to the nature of supporting government functions for first nations. As to what we see and where things have been successful, Tsawwassen was mentioned. It is a self-gov

Human Resources committee  As I mentioned earlier, the First Nations Finance Authority is in the business of raising the financing. It's private sector financing for first nations, based on revenues that the first nations are earning. They securitize their own source of revenues to build homes or infrastru

Human Resources committee  Daniel might want to follow up on this. I can follow up later on some of the other things you were thinking about.

Human Resources committee  Not every community is the same, and there's differentiation that has to be taken under consideration, so not every solution is going to respond to the circumstances of every individual community. At the end of the day—and this might also speak to a comment that was made earlie

Human Resources committee  I could say a few things about some of the innovations we're looking at in financing. When the minister reported to the Senate standing committee following their report on on-reserve housing infrastructure, she committed the government to look at some innovative financing options