Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Some time ago, I wrote to all the band councils and all the aboriginal leaders, and I have always kept them up to date on the issue of housing and where we're going with it. I had encouraged them to lobby the federal government directly and try to get the dollars to solve their housing problems.
I know that through the CMHC process that I'm involved in, through the process the light is very dim to get new money. We will get a portion of the money we save. They've already agreed to that. We'll get that RRAP program. We'll get a percentage of that. But that's not going to come anywhere near the 700 and some units we need to solve the problem. We need 760 units a year for the next ten years to catch up and meet the needs and the demand, right now. That type of money we're talking about is not going to come through that process.
So we have, with the Premier, as well as with our Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard, a package to present to the Minister of Finance for the federal government as well as the Prime Minister to try to get our housing needs addressed through a package deal. That's the only way we can see doing it. Thank you.