Human Resources committee  I didn't catch all of the last question. I'm sorry.

Human Resources committee  I would tend to agree, absolutely. Because the situation was already bad with overcrowding and having two or three generations living in the same home, since COVID has come into the community, it has most certainly been killing our people.

Human Resources committee  The simple answer is yes. I think we are heard, again, because we have the regional liaison committee in Quebec, which puts Mr. Latouche, representatives from ISC and CMHC, and me together to find solutions. Absolutely I think it contributes to our finding real solutions. The ul

Human Resources committee  No, that's not right. We provide our membership numbers to Indigenous Services on an annual basis. My understanding is that budgets are allocated based on those numbers. Then again, the main driver is core need.

Human Resources committee  Yes, that's correct.

Human Resources committee  We have not. No.

Human Resources committee  No. Again, it's mainly because the financial resources are not enough for us to deal with on reserve—

Human Resources committee  —and again, it's really hard to extrapolate and provide services to your off-reserve population when they're spread across the province and across the country.

Human Resources committee  The fourth option? Can you explain that again a little?

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Or we would hope that indigenous service providers who are already offering that service in that particular city would step up and provide that service.

Human Resources committee  From my perspective, it's not. That's kind of heavy-handed, in that it's a high price to pay to access a human right and a service and to have access to housing.

Human Resources committee  In B.C., there's a particular reality with over 200 first nations communities. Again, knowing that the needs far outstretch the budgets because of chronic underfunding, the government in B.C. made a decision that it was going to invest $550 million to support housing being built

Human Resources committee  It's partially correct. I think there's an opportunity to change that formula. The key driver of that formula—as it should be—is core housing need. Regions that have higher core housing needs and larger indigenous populations get a larger proportion of the budget, which, you know

Human Resources committee  The simple answer to your question is, absolutely yes. The fact that we have a high incidence of overcrowding, not having enough units to meet the demographic growth, is contributing greatly to the increased issues that first nations have to deal with. In some communities, people