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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You mentioned the review under way in Saskatchewan. We understand it's getting close to completion, but the report has not been made public yet, so we don't know what the recommendations are going to be. It's a report that was done by the Province of Saskatchewan.

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll start, and then I'll ask Odette to pick it up. On July 22, 2008, there was an announcement implementing the enhanced prevention approach in Saskatchewan. It provided $104.8 million over five years. So implementation is under way. I will say that we have some very prelimina

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My understanding of how it works now is that Indian and Northern Affairs provides the funding for child and family services for any status Indian child in the Yukon.

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We provide that money to the province. If they took down jurisdiction, then that funding would be part of—and I'll use language you probably know—the PSSP agreement. There'd have to be a funding agreement, which is part of their self-government, so that would be included in it. I

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They would have to figure out what it would be. There's also incremental governance costs normally that are associated with self-government. I'm not an expert on self-government, so I don't know how that would work. I think you're aware that one of the challenges in the Yukon i

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I am going to take a crack at that. There is an evaluation under way. Odette mentioned that one of the things that has come to light in the evaluation is that it takes longer to implement than we had originally thought. That is very good information for us. As we're looking to mo

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's that. And they've developed business plans on what they hoped to achieve, and they're seeing that it's not easy to provide all those services. You're changing the way services are provided. It's also tough for agencies working with communities; it's hard to get peopl

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The complaint is still being processed. The federal government filed a motion to challenge the tribunal's right to hear the matter. We entirely agree on certain matters that the tribunal should handle, but, in this situation, it is the federal government's view that the tribunal

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Pardon me, I don't understand.

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The six current agreements concern 68% of all children normally living on reserve. To determine the remainder, you have to subtract that figure from 100%.

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think I'll need to get the status on that. I know there have been discussions, and I know there's been a pilot project, but I'm just not sure.

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't know. It's up to the tribunal to decide. The tribunal heard the motion in June of this year. We're awaiting a response from the tribunal, but we don't know when that will come.

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We feel that what you need to do is have a negotiated process with the province, with the first nation, and the federal government to agree on what services will be provided—

November 24th, 2010Committee meeting

Christine Cram