Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate your coming today. Thank you to every one of you on the panel.
I want to go to slide number 8, with respect to the planned departmental spending. The number that's been allotted for government is $865 million. Could you give me some clarification as to how many dollars are going to actual self-government costs and how many dollars in that particular allocation are going to the process of negotiations? I assume the lion's share of the process of negotiations' spending would go to lawyers and those types of services, but could you give me, if possible, some idea of where the money is being spent there? That is one question I have.
The other question I have concerns the development of market-based housing. I see it mentioned there. I'm wondering whether it's something for which the department has a plan with respect to developing market-based housing on reservations, or exactly what type of plan is in place.
I'm assuming market-based housing would be the development of housing projects that would allow first nations people to have title to their homes and be able to generate some type of equity, so that they'd be able to have something down the road. Am I right in assuming that?
Please just answer those questions.