Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
Ms. Fox, it's good to see you again.
As you know, in early February the indigenous and northern affairs committee requested that the PBO do a comparative study based on how much money is being spent. As we know, it's more than ever, but the results are not the same. As I mentioned, the spending has gone up but the analysis showed that it did not result in an improvement in the ability of first nations, themselves, but also the department to achieve the goals it set for itself. The Parliamentary Budget Officer specifically said this:
This was partly driven by the volatility in the departmental result indicators. Many were added or removed over the course of the period preventing results from being collected due to data collection lags. Some indicators lack target values and completion dates altogether.
Because of that, it was hard to actually locate when these targets would be completed. Going on from that, we have the Auditor General's report showing that as of March 31, all remaining boil water advisories were to be lifted. That was not the case.
Based on this moving of the goalposts, so to speak, which I know we've talked about in the INAN committee quite often, how confident are you that we will be able to achieve these new targets?