Public Accounts committee  Regardless of whether an agreement is put in place or not, there is active work going on to build capacity as part of those negotiations. For instance, a lot of emphasis is put on emergency management plans, just as it is on the outcome documents that are signed. However, make no

Public Accounts committee  Without giving away anything on other parties in the sense of negotiations and where we're at, I know, for instance, that I'm actively involved in discussions with British Columbia and Ontario.

Public Accounts committee  That says to me that we're closer, if I'm directly involved.

Public Accounts committee  I want to be very clear, if I have time, on this point.

Public Accounts committee  Regardless of an agreement being put in place—bilateral, multilateral or first nation—all first nation communities have been receiving and will continue to receive the help they need to protect their people and infrastructure during an emergency. Provinces and territories continu

Public Accounts committee  Joanne, can you explain the first nation infrastructure program and some of the details?

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  She's very supportive.

Public Accounts committee  It is up to Parliament to appropriate those dollars to us. We'll gladly take them.

Public Accounts committee  I can't say.

Public Accounts committee  I don't know what those—

Public Accounts committee  No, no. I'm not going to go there.

Public Accounts committee  For the $12 million.... You're asking me—

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  You broke up there for a moment, but I believe you're looking for some expenditure results. Perhaps I'll ask Joanne or Kenza if they want to take that.