Thank you for that question.
I think it would be the position of most first nations in Canada that the moneys they receive are part of a payment with respect to an historic relationship between the Government of Canada and first nations. It may be with respect to education as a treaty right; it may be health care as a treaty right; it may be housing as a treaty right. So all the payments that first nations are receiving, although voted through Parliament, are part of an historic and ongoing relationship between the Government of Canada and first nations that's as alive today as it was ten years ago, as it was a hundred years ago in many of our communities.
In regard to the idea that somehow or other moneys that are voted for and sent through contribution agreement to first nations are somehow being diverted or used for purposes other than what they've intended, as the Auditor General pointed out, and has pointed out time and time again, moneys sent to first nations are accounted for over and over and over again. The problem isn't a question of reporting and accounting; the problem is with respect to program design, of putting controls in the hands of first nations to ensure that the programs and services are designed to meet the needs of their people.
A very low percentage, less than 3%, of first nation audits raise any concerns. Most of those are dealt with right away. It may be that some papers were missing from the audit, it may have been something that had been overlooked, and that's rectified immediately. So it's a much smaller percentage than 3% that raise any real concerns with respect to how money is handled in first nation country.