Those funds go to cover the cost of the 105 agencies we now have—there's been a growth in the number of first nations child and family service agencies across the country—as well as to reimburse provinces for their services. Certainly when we started a long time ago, we probably weren't providing sufficient funding to cover the needs in communities. As we built capacity in communities within those agencies and we worked with provinces on a partnered approach, we gradually increased the investments so we could provide the appropriate protection and prevention services to all children on reserve.
