Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Definitely, economy, Mr. Vidal. For instance, Flying Dust First Nation, which butts up against Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, the biggest centre in our territory, has opportunity for an economy there. That first nation has a little brighter chance of challenging the housing issues

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's very fair, as well as the ability to have more CMHC housing. Now I have caught on to the lady's question from before. We did get an increase of 10% from CMHC for all the first nations in our riding, but we do need an economy in order to make affordable housing work in nor

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In my tribal council we received $2.7 million—that's for all nine first nations. That breaks down to an average of about $300,000 per community, depending on the size of the community. That is $2.7 million, and we haven't received any increase in the last 10 years for the Meadow

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Who is that directed to?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely, the northern factor is weighed into everything, from buying diapers and milk to housing. As you know, my constituents go all the way up to La Loche, to the Clearwater River Dene Nation, which is 430 kilometres north of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. Meadow Lake, Saskatch

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our elders' lodge started with a partnership with Habitat for Humanity out of Lloydminster. It was a 10-apartment complex. Flying Dust ended up doing it by themselves, because Habitat for Humanity were going to come to the table with some donations and that didn't bear fruit. Hab

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For options, CMHC seems to work fine for the communities that want to use CMHC. It gives the opportunity for low-income housing. It gives the opportunity for families who want to live on reserve. I have some families who pay $1,200 a month on reserve. For the first nation mortgag

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for the opportunity to speak before the committee. To Mr. Lehr, you did a wonderful job on your presentation. First of all, I am the Cree Vice-Chief of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, MLTC. The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is in northwest Saskatch