Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Through you to the minister, thank you, Minister, for joining us this morning and for your introductory remarks.
I want to focus my questions on the aboriginal justice strategy.
I was looking at the last evaluation report done on the study by the department, dated November 2011. It's very interesting in that, against all the criteria in the report, it judges the strategy to be effective. It's both relevant and effective in terms of the long-term goals of safer communities that reduce crime, incarceration, and recidivism. It also says it's an efficient program in that it's cheaper, if I could put it in those crude terms, for someone to go through that system rather than the normal justice system.
I have a couple of questions with respect to that. The department website suggests that there are 275 programs covering 600 communities. I wasn't entirely clear on that. Does that mean there are 325 communities without the program available to them, or does that mean 600 communities are covered? What isn't covered? What percentage of the aboriginal community doesn't have access to this program?