Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I could provide the specific details for you. This is part of the renewal of the official languages action plan. There was money provided to departments to meet their commitments. We can provide you with details.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They'll pretty much be brand-new buildings. In most cases they will replace something that was there before.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I could get you the details once we've finalized the list. Ten of them are new and three of them are essentially renovations of existing structures.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The budget doesn't provide for any adjustments to the operating transfers. We have about a $1 billion education program that flows out of the transfer agreements and we would adjust the agreements with those particular first nations to reflect the new situation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The department provides the money for the feasibility and engineering, so--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm quite confident that 10 schools and 18 water things are actual physical things you will be able to go and touch. They are physical projects that we're quite confident about. They'll also be real, physical construction and renovation out of the A base dollars, and we can report that when the minister reports in March, so I'm not worried about that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can get you some more detail on that. There were two issues that came out of the 2006 budget, and I think you probably ran into both of them in the Yukon. There was a trust arrangement, which actually predates that budget. It was created by the so-called Martin-Layton deal that amended the 2005 budget, and the Harper government decided to use it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, if I have the right amount, it's actually back-stopping housing loans. One of the problems with reserves is that it's difficult to secure a loan because the assets can't be seized, so the minister offers guarantees to the lender, and there's a default rate and so on.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've just gone through a large re-basing to raise the ceiling on how many loans can be issued at any one time. They revolve in and out. It was in anticipation of doing more housing business.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's one of the reasons it's difficult to give Parliament and parliamentary committees an accurate snapshot and why we have this discussion every time about planned spending. The money that tends to move across from fiscal year to fiscal year is precisely for large settlements and specific claims--a big lump of money will arrive in one year and ratification doesn't happen.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's for basic operating dollars, like salary and overhead and maintenance. We've never had a problem, when there is a litigation settlement or a claim settlement, getting the money out. It's just sometimes complicated to report it to Parliament.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can I just clarify on Peguis? Neil is correcting me on that. There were actually two settlements with the Peguis community. This is the treaty land one, which is going ahead. It's not the specific claim.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.