Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of territorial formula financing, that is correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At a high level, I don't have the specific numbers here by territory, but there was a variety of components of the social housing package in budget 2009. There was a specific northern housing program, which was $200 million, which went just to the three territories. There was also money for on-reserve housing, which largely went south of 60.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can't speak to what the government will or won't do, obviously, but that does expire at the end of the current fiscal year. That was a five-year territorial health sustainability initiative that was started in 2004. As to the next steps for that program, I couldn't answer that question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As to what's in the fisc or what's not in the fisc, the government will have to take a decision, obviously, as to how to proceed once that program expires and what the next steps are.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I couldn't speak specifically to the decisions the government has taken, but there's no public statement, I don't believe, to that effect.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can you ask that question again?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the case of a transfer of a program, if one level of government is doing it and the other level is no longer doing it, then that would be the subject of a funding agreement, I think, between the first nation and the government of the Yukon, would it not?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will be under time. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the members of the committee for this invitation to appear before you today as a witness on the subject of northern economic development. I would like to begin by introducing my colleagues. Sean Keenan is the Senior Chief of the Tax Policy Branch at the Department of Finance, and Elisha Ram is the Director of Economic Development, also at the Department of Finance.