Status of Women committee  Yes, we can provide the requests for information.

Status of Women committee  You also asked about the Hollow Water addiction centre in Manitoba. I'm not personally familiar with that centre. This is my second month in this position; however, I think we would look at that, see what that is, and see what's appropriate in terms of its providing services. We could get back to you with a response to that question.

Status of Women committee  I think it depends on why they were removed from the home. It's difficult to say that's the sole reason.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I think we'd have to get back to you with that information as well. There's a whole range of timeframes, depending on the situation in which the child is removed from the home.

Status of Women committee  I partly responded that we were working on income assistance reform, a movement to active measures that will help provide opportunities and training supports to transition women who may not be employable, as well as men, to employable status. That's one area where we're starting to make inroads on a province-by-province basis.

Status of Women committee  That's difficult, as there is lots in that question. I can say that through a variety of programs, which touch child and family services, community development, and education on-reserve, we are trying to work closely with aboriginal, federal, and provincial partners to help address underlying risks and build healthier and safer aboriginal communities.

Status of Women committee  They have to report back to us under the terms and conditions of the agreements we enter. As part of those terms and conditions, we expect them to tell us where they have spent the money in areas such as maintenance and operations. There are criteria within those costing models they need to meet.

Status of Women committee  In terms of the EPFA, there are numerous ways in which you can look at progress. One would be in the fact that we have rolled out to six jurisdictions, starting with Alberta, so that we now are covering about 69% of first nations children under that model. It's our expectation that we'll continue to work with the additional jurisdictions and have all jurisdictions under the enhanced prevention framework approach by 2013.

Status of Women committee  I'm not going to answer that question, as that's not my responsibility. In order to answer it correctly for you, I would prefer that we provide you with a written response on why it has taken so long and what the department has been doing in that intervening period with the community, rather than give you information that may not be correct.

Status of Women committee  If you need to know what the base was, we'd have to get back to you with that figure.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  It's in the long-term capital plan.

Status of Women committee  I don't know the exact amount. That's not my area of expertise. I know that the regional office and officials have been working with the community to complete the necessary pre-work before they head into design. They are working with the community to arrive at a process for doing the design work and then would move forward on the construction of the school.

Status of Women committee  Yes. It usually takes a number of years to get through the process of design and then construction. It doesn't happen in one year. It takes a year or two for design, and then construction starts, and that can take up to one or two years to complete.