With regard to the measures relating to processing times from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development on applications to register as a status Indian that flow from the departmental review recommandations and that the Indian Band Registration and Band Lists will be implementing: ( a ) precisely, what measures have been or are being implemented; ( b ) will these measures effectively address the average processing time for an application; and ( c ) if these new measures fail to address the average processing time for an application, will the Minister call for an audit by the Auditor General of Canada and implement those recommendations?
In the House of Commons on January 31st, 2005. See this statement in context.