Cedric Gray-Lehoux, co-chair of the Assembly of First Nations Youth Council and a member of Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation, said he wants to see sustained funding to help struggling young people during and after the pandemic. "First Nations wellness is directly associated with their culture and our culture is directly associated to our community," Gray-Lehoux said. "With these isolation mandates during the pandemic, of course, that sense of community is affected." Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller told a press conference in Ottawa on Friday that mental health resources now being provided to Indigenous communities are insufficient and need to be boosted.