Minister, I want to compliment you on your first statement: parliamentarians have the right to know where the funds are being spent. Thank you for that.
That said, your department has been allotted $337 million for this current fiscal year 2018-19 under vote 40. Some of the budget initiatives, as you mentioned, are $189 million for a “New Fiscal Relationship: Collaboration with Self-Governing Indigenous Governments”, and $71 million for a “New Fiscal Relationship: Strengthening First Nations Institutions and Community Capacity”.
Can you provide further details on what these projects entail? Are they one-offs, or is this funding being broken into different projects? I did not see it in your departmental plan. I see the numbers, but I'm wondering, in this fiscal year, under vote 40, better known as the slush fund, where this money is going.