Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll pick up in just a moment. I'd like to turn it over to Larry to respond further. I would recommend that you familiarize yourself with what the friendship centre is in your respective neighbourhood. For Halton, I suspect that you're sort of sandwiched between Peel, Hamilton,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At the local level here in Toronto, we've mobilized very quickly across member agencies. In particular, Native Women's Resource Centre; Thunder Woman Healing Lodge Society; Aboriginal Legal Services, ALS; and Council Fire have worked collaboratively to try to get a crisis line to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Niá:wen, Pam. Thank you for your question. I can't speak to whether or not coalitions have been connecting independently. The national coalition scope right now is made up of 32 other cities across Canada. We do have provinces and territories coming together in an effort to form

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On the ground, we have collectively been advocating for a fully connected city. We have been working with different levels of the city and province in trying to advance the issue around connectivity and device acquisition, in order to put devices into the hands of those who need

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I may, I'd like to turn it over to our president, Larry Frost, to have a chance to speak.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With all due respect, if the current federal response were adequate, I don't know that we would be having this conversation. I don't know that, if we represent about 3% of the population here in Toronto as indigenous people, we would represent over 16% of the homeless. I don't kn

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As we move together into a renewed future, TASSC recommends three essential actions to this committee for consideration. Number one, act now on affordable housing for urban indigenous families, seniors and singles. The time for action on this issue is now. Number two, commit to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sekoh, good morning, everyone. Thank you for the introduction. She:kon. It is an honour to be here with you today on behalf of the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council, TASSC, which is a coalition in Toronto made up of 18 not-for-profit indigenous-led organizations. Tha