Mr. Paul Thoppil (Chief Financial Officer, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Budget 2016 provided significant monies for indigenous peoples, to the tune of $8.4 billion over five years. When you look at that amount of money over that period of time, in conjunction with.... That comes up to 22% over that period of time, vis-à-vis....

So that is definitely an increase on the 2% escalator in comparison over that same period of time.