Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It's a pleasure to be back with so many members whom I had the privilege of serving with in the last session here at the OGGO committee, and it's always a pleasure to have the opportunity to be able to explore the work that you do, sir, as the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
I want to follow up on the very, I think, legitimate questions of my friend from the Bloc. Budget 2024 made significant cuts to Indigenous Services, including sunsetting for Jordan's principle.
Last time when you were at committee, MP Bachrach asked you what impact these cuts would have to Indigenous Services, and you said that it was too early to tell, but taking the information from the ISC and Crown-Indigenous Relations, you said, “there is no reason not to believe that information—it seems that there won't be a meaningful impact on Indigenous Services.” However, since then we've now had multiple organizations that were supposed to be supported by Jordan's principle now going without funding. They're owed hundreds of thousands of dollars, and staff are going without pay.
On reflection of that, what impact will the cuts in budget 2024 have on the ability of these programs to get the funding they are owed and that they need to continue to deliver these valuable services?