Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, that's exactly it. At the time the legislation came into force, we had over 800 claims in total. Our goal was, of course, with the three-year timeframes, to reduce the inventory. We always report on the backlog claims, but since the legislation came into force, there's been

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What happens is that with every claim, once it is filed, there's a three-year timeframe. So as we keep getting claims, it takes three years for assessment, plus another three years for negotiations. We make best efforts to conclude the settlements within that three-year mark, but

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, that's correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. On the claims concluded, the eight hundred--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's cumulative since the policy was in place.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's both. Sometimes it's at the request of the first nation, and sometimes there has just been no activity and we have no response from the first nation so we close the file.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If they chose to reactivate their file.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not to date, no.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We'll have to reconfirm later, but we had about six or seven meetings, and the think tank with the AFN.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. We had a claim that we settled this year in B.C. that was a highway-taking; it took us close to seven years to resolve because we had to deal with the municipalities, the rights-of-way, and getting all the necessary permits. The claim itself was worth $300,000. Someti

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Ms. Swords is right. It's on our website. It's basically to guide the first nations that want to submit claims. There's the minimum requirement for documents and there is a way the information is to be presented to make it a lot easier for faster processing of claims. The first n

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have a bit of both. There are some first nations that really like the process because it has been streamlined, and they know that if they file a claim, in three years they will get a response, and the negotiations are more focused. But there's a balance. We also hear from ou