Question Period Note: Accomplishments: Indigenous Services Canada

• We are delivering on a renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples, working together to improve quality of life and advance self-determination.
• We have made significant new investments – of $21 billion – through four budgets, resulting in:
o 76 school infrastructure projects completed;
o 276 water and wastewater infrastructure projects completed;
o More than 572,000 requests for products, services, and supports approved under Jordan’s Principle.
• There is a long way to go and we will continue working together with Indigenous people towards closing the unacceptable socio-economic gaps that exist.

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If pressed on socio-economic gaps:
• We know that unacceptable socio-economic gaps exist and we are working together with Indigenous people to close them. Immense progress has been made in areas such as:
o The lifting of long-term drinking water advisories;
o The co-development of distinctions-based housing strategies;
o The advancement of Indigenous-led healthcare delivery;
o The recognition of jurisdiction in child and family services; and
o A new fiscal relationship with communities.
• We know there is more to do, and we will continue this work in true partnership with Indigenous peoples.

Youth:
• Every Indigenous child deserves the best start in life.
• W are working together with Indigenous people to close the unacceptable socio-economic gaps:
o A new funding formula for K-12 education has resulted in regional funding increases of almost 40%;
o The number of First Nation schools offering elementary full-day kindergarten programs has increased from 30% to 59%;
o Funding for First Nations child and family services almost doubled to approximately $1.2 billion in 2018 19 with a focus on prevention.
• We will not leave another generation of Indigenous children behind.