Thank you, Madam Chair.
There was one comment you just made that I found quite stunning. We hear regularly in the House that if members want to have access to the financial information of the band, you actually have it through audited statements. To suggest that you cannot tell us the status of deficits is quite stunning to me, because that goes absolutely contrary to what we're being told on a regular basis.
I just wanted to flag that. It gives me great concern if you cannot tell us what the deficit situation is. That would be my first comment.
I have a second request. You talked in vague generalities, but could you table the document with the committee? You said 142 and the different levels, but it would be very interesting to know how long people have been at the different levels. I'd like to see a trend over time, because I've heard that sometimes there's a bit of an industry and that indeed, although the goal is to get people out of third party management, sometimes the motivation perhaps is not there. I would like to see data that looks at trends over time tabled with the committee. That would be very helpful.
I agree with my colleague Mr. McLeod that it would be worthwhile having insight in terms of the degree of adequacy for needs. It's a bit of a different issue, but I think it is an important issue that needs to be reflected.
As you go through the statements that have been posted, it would be good to know, also in terms of transparency, how we've drifted downwards since the lack of compliance.
There's one band, Neskantaga, where the auditor said he was unable to satisfy himself over the completeness, existence, and valuation of capital assets. This has been for a couple of years now. Are they in third party management? What is the plan for that particular band?