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

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Honourable members, thank you for the invitation to discuss the Supplementary Estimates (A) for fiscal year 2017-18 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.

I would like to draw the committee's attention to the deck entitled 2017-18 Supplementary Estimates (A).

Supplementary estimates (A) include initiatives totalling $750.1 million and will bring total investment for the department to approximately—