Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The money isn't just to process the applicant. It involves the additional cost of, for example, opening up the envelopes, whatever additional costs are involved with processing the actual application. As registrar, when I came on board, one of the things that fascinated me the m

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of individuals who were registered as a result of McIvor, Bill C-3, it comes out to, as of today, 38,467 individuals. What I should say is that this only includes individuals who were actually registered. There's a whole other factor of applications that still has to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Regarding the issue of Buffalo Point and the history around elections and its membership, in the past, the department has reached out to offer support to the community in maintaining its membership list. The registration list and the membership list are two different things, as m

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I understand what you're saying. When I look at my work when I was in governance and my work as registrar for communities that do control their membership under section 10, as well as those that have their own election codes, for anyone who feels that their rights are not being p

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm sorry, a backlog for Bill C-3?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. For registrants seeking to be registered under Bill C-3, the process, as far as I know, hasn't signalled that there is a sufficient or a significant backlog. I can confirm that in writing to the committee later and provide you with an exact statistic.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With CAP-Daniels, as my assistant deputy minister indicated, it deals with jurisdiction, so anyone can apply to be registered today, regardless of whether the CAP-Daniels decision came with issue. Registration is there under the Indian Act to register within the legal parameters

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Active?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I don't have that statistic, but we can definitely report back on it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As indicated, $19 million has been set aside for over five years to deal with the registration of those who will become entitled as a result of Bill S-3. Definitely, when we look at lessons learned from Bill C-3, we'll take what we've learned and apply that, because that process

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The protest period, of course, like the application files, varies on the complexity of the file, so it's difficult to provide a range within which a person can expect an answer. I can say that in the case of this woman you've cited, I do have the discretion to ask for files to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I do not have the protest rates. I can undertake to provide them to the committee in response to your question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Merci, Martin. It is a good question. If we compare it to the process that was put in place to deal with the Indian Act amendments as a result of the McIvor decision, we saw the majority of the applications come in within the first two to three years. There will be a peak, and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The minister is correct, we are in the process of staffing up; $19 million has been earmarked to support the application process for additional individuals in the register.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  DNA evidence is used today by the department as a means of establishing genealogical link. I understand Mr. Saganash's concern about the use of DNA evidence without any type of explanation around it. What is important to note about DNA evidence is that it's the chain of custody.