I'm just going to skip ahead then to our final couple of pages in relation to a more direct discussion about first nations.
In Saskatchewan, we have 70 first nation communities, 51 of which fall under the first nations policing program, one self-administered first nation police agency covering five first nations, and 46 first nations that fall under the CPA. Those receive policing services provided by the RCMP under the federal-provincial first nation policing program funded 52% by Canada and 48% by the province. The total for the province of Saskatchewan, in funding federal and provincial, is closing in on $22 million annually.
As mentioned in a federal terms and conditions guideline document for funding for first nations and Inuit policing, we should look at innovative approaches to police service delivery in first nations or Inuit communities. With this in mind, our team is working with Public Safety Canada to explore ways of fitting the CSO/peacekeepers program into that funding model.
Recently, a pilot project was undertaken to facilitate the training in the communities of Pelican Narrows, Little Pine First Nation and Poundmaker Cree Nation. In September 2018, peacekeeper training started on Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, in Pelican Narrows. In October—