Let's remember that indigenous people were separated from the market. We were placed on the individual reserves away from the market, so that Canada could be prosperous and access all those lands. By being separate from the economy, we're in the situation we're in. Canada has a people that are in poverty within the nation, which shouldn't be the case.
Allowing some of these modifications to land tenure ensures that indigenous people can participate in the economy. Indigenous people are not going anywhere. We are going to be here. We have something to provide to Canada and to the GDP. We have a more than $100-billion opportunity. Per capita, we should be at $75 billion right now. We're not anywhere near that. We're at about $30 billion, from the last study that was done.
If we support the mechanism of economic development for indigenous communities, including capital, business support services and making sure that we have the right institutions in place, then indigenous people will provide prosperity for Canada because we're growing at four times the Canadian average. A lot of our youth don't have opportunities in this country. We're going to have a million indigenous youth by 2027. Let's make sure that they have jobs, businesses and opportunities, so that they can contribute to the economy.