Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here and for your briefs. They are very interesting. We have so many questions, but there is so little time.
Yesterday the representative of the National Aboriginal Caucus was here telling us about the fact that they wanted to get rid of their 2% cap, because they want the youth to study and learn to be lawyers and doctors so they can be role models. We had members opposite saying “Well, no, you should go into the trades directly”. That let me understand their negotiating position, when we have a government that's more paternalistic and is not negotiating nation to nation and is not fulfilling the treaties.
I just wanted to know, and maybe you can all respond, about the promises made to first nations in the 2010 budget. We talked about millions of dollars being promised. Was that money funded to the first nations?