Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That will not be the role of the NPMO. The NPMO will strictly coordinate and manage projects, so they will have no authority in that regard.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As opposed to the president of CanNor?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I personally see it going on forever.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't think it will be easy to get rid of us.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have had a strategic planning retreat, which actually for the first time brought together the senior management committee of the department. We had that in early September in Iqaluit, and we spent three days talking about our values as an organization--that's kind of the first

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The meetings I've had were at the level of the public service with each territory, as well as with first nations leaders and aboriginal leaders. In Nunavut, of course, it's with NTI, the organization that's responsible for the implementation of the claim. During the visits we d

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Lemay. We can certainly give you an organization chart. Once again, it's early days for us. The organization chart will be a provisional one. We are currently working on a business plan that includes the matters we are responsible for and the things we h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right off the bat, it's important to point out that our mandate covers the three territories, that's for certain. We have to be clear, it stops there. That doesn't mean that the northern Quebec region will be abandoned. It has been served by DEC for many years, and things are goi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My answer is going to be to the best of my knowledge, but under the existing comprehensive claim agreements there is a responsibility for proponents of projects, for example, to ensure that there are benefits provided for aboriginal or first nations. I understand that in each cas

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think you could consider it part of that. This advocacy role is one we will need to develop. We don't want to be presumptuous, either; one of the first things is to understand the context, understand the circumstances, so that we can make representations in Ottawa. This is th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I am.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I am familiar enough with it to know that it doesn't come under the responsibility of CanNor, but I have had a briefing on it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is really not in my bailiwick, but let me make one little correction. We don't have the mandate to administer or coordinate all government programs up north, but we'd like to think that over time we will develop the capacity to direct people to the right place. In the case o

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will ask Mr. Borbey, who represents the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs' other responsibilities, to add what he can on that.