Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to update honourable members on the IAP implementation.
On the first part of your question, in terms of the number of applications received—we've received 23,000 applications so far and have resolved 12,000. You asked why the estimate done by the former department of Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada in 2005 was not accurate. It was 12,000 at the time. Because this is a massive class-action settlement, there is no solid precedent for this type of program or for the content—the abuse. So at the time, the department used academic and judicial studies on institutional child abuse and determined from all the information they had that about 15% would be the level. Out of 80,000 living eligible survivors, that came to 12,000.
Five years into the program, we believe now that the level is closer to 30%, and therefore we are expecting closer to 30,000 applications by the deadline of next September.