Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you Mr. Waugh, for the question. It's not a slush fund. It is where the government has decided to put the budget 2018 funds that it has announced through a vote inside the Treasury Board in order to provide, for the first time, main estimates that coincide with, afterwards

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of this fiscal year, the incremental costs so far have been $3 million. That is the beginning—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Since the order in council came out, which was November 30. That is the beginning. The costs associated with the transfer over of the first nations and Inuit health branch from Health Canada will have to be taken into account. You should expect to see a transfer in the main estim

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Part of the minister's mandate letter commitment is to establish a new fiscal relationship with first nations peoples. We have commenced that dialogue. We have done so with the Assembly of First Nations, and have undertaken regional engagement sessions under three pillars: suffic

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe the minister has already indicated that, through the sessions that have occurred from coast to coast, that's what first nation communities are actually asking.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To answer your question, regardless of any organizational change there is a cost associated with it, whether in the private sector or in the public sector. Therefore, there will be presumably an incremental cost before we achieve the objective of eliminating the expenditures asso

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It depends on how fast a number of elements unfold. As Minister Bennett said, the degree of acceleration under our various rights and reconciliation tables and the amount of sectoral transformation, as Minister Philpott said, through sectoral agreements under education and health