Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. I will undertake to do that. We'll look into that. Would you like an answer to your question to the minister with respect to the other regional development agencies? Of course, I'm not going to speak for them. I'll just state that apparently, these are renewals to co

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In fact, I'd volunteer to give you a list of all our projects, if that would be of interest to you. There are 149 of them. I'll give them in caucus, and you can decide what to do with them.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Colleen. I would say that it hasn't made a difference for CanNor. Hopefully it has made a difference for northerners. Of the programs you are referring to, in particular from a CanNor perspective we were administering two: the community adjustment fund and the recre

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's exciting work, and it's hard to stop once you start talking. I apologize.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I did not prepare any remarks separate from those of the minister. At CanNor, we have made what I would call considerable progress. I think you will recall our priorities from the get-go--you may not recall, but I certainly recall--and the first one was we needed to ensure we w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to jump in on that. I have not seen that correspondence; however, I think you described it and I can relate to that. What I would say is that it's clearly understood that there are huge differences between the three capitals and the communities or hamlets that are not th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Two types of programs have been transferred to CanNor under the AED. The first one is Aboriginal Business Canada, which offers equity and loans to businesses. The second suite of programs is under the community economic development program umbrella. Under this one we provide core

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's always responsible to Parliament through a minister, so that hasn't changed. But I think it's more in terms of visibility, profile--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Your words, but I would--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First of all, I know it's not under the responsibility of CanNor, and I don't believe it's under the responsibility of INAC either. I believe it comes under the Department of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Patrick wants to comment here--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I may answer that. I believe I'm accountable. The minister's accountable. I'm sure you didn't want--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It is not.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Frankly, I think a program would mean that the agency is part of a department. I believe the idea behind the Prime Minister's decision--because he's the one who makes the decision on these machinery issues--was to ensure that there was enough profile that was given to the agency.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  NPMO will be modelled very much along the lines of the MPMO, which operates in the south. The important thing to remember is that NPMO does not have any authority over other departments or regulators. The role of the NPMO will be to ensure that we can look at projects from a pr