Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. For me, the creation of a national indigenous housing group would be not very good—I say this with all due respect—because every indigenous nation has their own unique housing needs. When you think about the national housing institution, it would requ

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, it does. It's within the general laws of application, but it applies to Nisga'a lands.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, it's not for families. The foresight of our leaders who negotiated the treaty put the land in what we call a common bowl. It's by application for the Nisga'a government to issue a disposition of land. It's not by family.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, we have practices and procedures that oversee the disposition of land.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, under the land title....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That was very concerning for the community. At the outset it was so very concerning that members of the nation protect what is theirs more so.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, if they want.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are not too many in the community of New Aiyansh and probably not too many in the remaining three villages, other than the professionals like the teachers and the doctors who come into the community.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, they rent. When they come as professionals, they rent their accommodations.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Many Nisg̱a’a, prior to treaty, left the homelands for employment, education or health matters. There are some who chose to come back, but there are others who came back only to find a shortage of [Technical difficulty—Editor] factors in the growth of the population and the need

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that would apply to his area, when you think about the differences between economic bases. The Nisga'a Nation is working toward building that economic base, and I'm sure that there would be far fewer in one home when we have a healthy community.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The nation's quality of life strategy is one that we carry out on an annual basis to measure. We use it as a measuring tool for the quality of life of our nation, and it gives us a picture of where our people stand with housing. We have been working quite diligently to carry on w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, it gives us a picture.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. We do have the authority to levy taxes. It has been a work in progress since 2015, I believe, with the property tax and coordination agreement. Our nation is fully aware that we require these taxes in order to become truly self-governing. The proper

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Technically, yes.