Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What I've seen is a very detailed tracking system of all medications, or reporting of any shortages. There are none. I can confirm that, as requested by the minister.

Public Accounts committee  I agree. I'm an optimist and I believe in continuous improvement. I believe in working smarter, yes.

Public Accounts committee  I want to contextualize my answer by indicating that the first nation infrastructure fund, the capital facilities management program we have, funds infrastructure broadly for housing, school renos, water treatment plants, structural mitigation projects—

Public Accounts committee  —dikes, roads, bridges, etc. What we need to do as part of our program and part of our operations is to work with first nation communities at the regional level or at the local level in order to make priority decisions of allocations for their communities. Sometimes there aren'

Public Accounts committee  This will come through the regular process of appropriating dollars to us, and I'm given a time limit here to answer, so I can't—

Public Accounts committee  I can't come to you with a proposal, sir. I need to be able to go through the regular process—

Public Accounts committee  The amount of overall infrastructure dollars we would be seeking is definitely more than $12 million.

Public Accounts committee  There's no form. There's no application or proposal or process. This happens very infrequently, and I would say that it is extremely complex to do because, first of all, as Joanne said, the community needs to make a decision and you have different views within the community on wh

Public Accounts committee  I guess one of the things Valerie Gideon mentioned was that Indigenous Services Canada is working hard towards service transfer, which means first nations running many of the services, programs and operations that we currently undertake. Gone are the days when ISC will go into

Public Accounts committee  Well, for instance, I think the focus on first nation voices as full and equal partners, as well as other services providers.... To be very clear, ISC is not the sole service provider for emergency management services. Not to criticize the report, but I'm not sure if it comes acr

Public Accounts committee  No, we haven't, and I'll turn back to Joanne to respond. It's a very complex situation for both Kashechewan and Fort Albany first nations, in terms of making this really important decision.

Public Accounts committee  Joanne?

Public Accounts committee  We do have many regional plans in place. That's if you're referring to the plans and not the agreements. Joanne, I'll turn to you again. You're regional operations. You know the regions. You'll probably answer better than I would.

Public Accounts committee  I actually did refer to that in my opening remarks. I do believe the seven recommendations do align with a lot of the work that we are undertaking. I actually find it quite helpful, particularly in the area of risk. I believe we have a better understanding of what the Auditor Gen

Public Accounts committee  It makes sense, and I'm open to all suggestions around alternative modes of financing and calculations. I will reread the transcript very closely to make sure I understand the math you're putting forward, and I will discuss it with the team. At first blush, it makes a lot of sens