I want to thank you and your officials for being here, Mr. Minister. Your answer to the question put by my colleague, Mr. Russell, bodes well for the work we have planned for Tuesday, as we are supposed to discuss the First Nations University.
I do not want to go back to that topic as Mr. Russell has covered it for the time being. I have a few questions for you, and I hope I will have enough time to ask them.
First, page 137 of the Supplementary Estimates (C) reads as follows:
Vote 1: $38,976,785 in total authorities is available: $28,518,000 (...); $4,792,000 from Vote 5 due to the deferral of the Indian Registry System ($4,162,000) (...).
Can we use that $4 million when it comes time to implement Bill C-3, further to the McIvor ruling?