Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to everybody for their presentations.
We probably need a few more days to talk about all the different subjects that have been raised today. However, I'm very happy that the finance committee is here. I think this is their first visit to the north. There's a lot of interest and time is limited.
I'd like to make a couple of points.
Billy, I'll just let you know that I think the indigenous affairs committee is coming north in two weeks from now. It'll be a good opportunity to raise some of the issues.
A very important issue we have is the way that money flows to the north. It's not a straightforward system. There's a lot of finger pointing going on back and forth between the federal government and the territorial government on indigenous responsibility. The mandate for indigenous affairs stops at the border. We don't live on reserves. As you know, we have public communities and that really poses a lot of challenges. We need to figure out how this money flows to us, if it does, and if we're on par with everybody else. This is a subject I've raised many times.
Bertha, to the point that you raised on the land claims agreements, they've been doing some really good work and I'm glad that you're moving forward.
I'm trying to get an understanding of how much money we're talking about. With the 20 groups moving forward on their various proposals, what should this committee expect as a lump sum that you would like to see in the 2018 budget?