Absolutely. Thank you.
Those are two very pertinent questions to the funding estimates that are contained in this year's document that you have before your eyes.
Two years ago, Kamloops announced the tragedy of the 200 suspected unmarked graves. Their community's still hurting. The conscience of Canadians was shocked and continues to be shocked as we see further announcements. At times it's almost daily.
Until then, communities were taking it upon themselves to scratch together funds to look for their lost ones. Despite modest investments to address calls to action 72 to 76, which deal with the locations of loved ones as well as the documentation of their lives lost, there had been insufficient funds allotted. I think it's important to be clear about that.
Going into the 2021 election, we announced several hundred million dollars to support communities that wish to search for their loved ones, as well as other affected communities. It was to support the meetings of elders, the gathering of documentation, and the search and disclosure of documents in order to make sure we are putting a better foot forward for people who are simply looking for answers. It was to give them a bit of closure and perhaps a bit of accountability. That takes expression in many forms.
It's notably in the funding for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, in a new building and with capacity funding, so there's a third party that's neutral to the federal government that will actually welcome survivors in a culturally sensitive space to get more answers or to support searches. There are about 100 searches going on around the country. For the Crown-Indigenous Relations portion of the money, that represents over $100 million.
There's money that comes from Indigenous Services Canada, Infrastructure and other sources. At times it's to rebuild—or tear down, even—old sites that communities have wanted to get rid of and out of their minds so they can rebuild anew and so kids in particular can have a place to look forward to going to, if it's a training or health centre, or anything that the community would want.
That work is ongoing. It is not close to being over. Nor should it be, necessarily. It's work that we'll gladly support in the coming years.
On the Gottfriedson class action, members will note that there's about $3 billion that has been attributed to what has been called the fifth piece of the residential school puzzle that the federal government is responsible for. It has been called by many observers and journalists some of the last pieces of the large puzzle dealing with residential school litigation and reconciliation. It deals with the collective trauma that occurred to communities' language and culture over decades. It contemplates a historic sum placed into trust, which should be done relatively shortly, as we wait for the expiration of an appeal period.
That money, the $3 billion, has been allocated to be put into that trust mechanism. It will be run by indigenous people for indigenous people for the conceivable future, as they try to revitalize their languages and support cultural events in their own communities.
Those are two very large pieces of the estimates you're looking at. I think everyone here would agree that they're well worth it.