Maybe I would start the answer to that by saying that with regard to the centre of excellence that was referred to earlier, we will have to consider after, or if, the legislation is adopted by Parliament how the centre of excellence will be set up and exactly what the funding level will be.
I would just share with the committee that in the proposals that have been published so far, inviting aboriginal institutions or organizations to consider becoming the centre of excellence if the legislation is passed, the public documents identified a maximum potential funding of approximately $4.8 million over a period of five years. Now, that's subject to, again, the legislation being passed and subject to Treasury Board approval of the level of funding if the legislation is passed, but it gives a sense of the investment.
The other area that I would flag for the consideration of committee members is that in our implementation planning there is consideration of some funding for the RCMP and the Department of Public Safety to assist in advancing the legislation and interactions with the provinces.
I will say that I understand the point the member is making about the broad range of issues that really are at stake. There are housing issues, women's shelters issues, and improving schools issues. There are many issues. On that front, I can only say that these are some of the implementation investments. Those other issues, I think, are a point that the committee can consider and make recommendations on, but in the legislation, Bill S-2, we did not choose to put right in the provisions of it issues around implementation, such as funding of women's shelters.