Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No. They were older homes, but through INAC's housing funding, we had done RRAPs and renovations on just about every home in our community within the last two or three years. They were nice, well-kept homes. It was a shame. I guess that's why we were so shocked when the value cam

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think one of the frustrating things that we're facing right now is that, before the fire, we were set to log in our community, on our reserve, in our territory. Because of the fire, the province has halted that, and in the meantime, our forestry licence is expiring. It's a sign

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely, thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay, I will. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're still trying to figure it out, and they're still trying to figure out what EMBC is going to cover and what they're going to cover. They're still kind of going back and forth with that. We're kind of in the middle of that. We're talking a couple of a million of dollars, at l

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, and when we originally had a lot of INAC personnel coming it was, “Yes, yes, anything you need.” Since then it's backed off a little bit to my now having to jump through hoops and stuff, which I will do. I don't mind. I know they have their different pots of money. They have

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They didn't give me reasons, but they just.... I don't know if they understood the need. I think people just needed to grab on, to see the Red Cross there, even if it was just in the parking lot. They just needed to see that somebody else cared, and I think that wasn't understood

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I did, which was tough because we had no band office. Again, in my basement I did our BCR on an old template. We did it just because people.... Number one, there were the looky-loos. Everyone wanted to drive by the first nation community that was wiped out. It's curiosity. We had

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I took care of that right away.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Somebody sent me a template from another neighbouring first nation, and I just....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's both. If you heard the loops we had to jump through, it would make your head shake. When we submit something through EMBC, we know it will be denied because it doesn't qualify. We still have to submit it, it has to be denied, and then it has to be resubmitted to INAC. The

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Wages were one thing. They kept saying, “Submit it. We know it's going to be denied but submit it anyway.” I couldn't just go directly. I had to go through this. The paperwork is tremendous. It's a whole position in itself, the administrative. I'm trying to think of other exampl

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's been two steps forward and five steps back with the rebuild. It's been very challenging. We were close, and then we had to switch builders. We still haven't gotten any money from INAC yet. We're waiting to get that. I'm submitting budgets, but budgets keep changing. We're ho