Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Minister, with your permission, the only thing I would add is that the bill provides that we can enter into agreement with various types of organizations. It could be band councils. It could be government, self-governing nations, but it can also be indigenous organizations. O

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. I want to point out that Mr. Shields also pointed out the use of “diverse” indigenous groups in various places in the legislation. The joint intention that we had with the three main groups.... We did the bulk of the consultations with the AFN, ITK an

Canadian Heritage committee  It would be a variety of groups, primarily governments and councils but other groups that actually are.... It could be indigenous school boards. It could be groups with whom we have an agreement and who have an interest in making sure that the various directors and the commission

Canadian Heritage committee  In New Brunswick specifically?

Canadian Heritage committee  A friendship centre, for sure. Stephen?

Canadian Heritage committee  It is clear in New Brunswick, for example, that we would go to the Mi’kmaq, as a government, but their school council would probably be consulted as well.

Canadian Heritage committee  They would be included, in the case of first nations, through the National Association of Friendship Centres, and other cultural groups that would be interacting with us for the purpose of preserving languages. In urban areas, it would primarily be through them. In rural areas,

Canadian Heritage committee  We would probably do a call-out based on the bank of people we're interacting with. We would probably publicize the fact that we are consulting and would welcome suggestions. We obviously would go with organized groups like the AFN, the MNC and others, but we would be as inclusi

Canadian Heritage committee  You're welcome.

Canadian Heritage committee  The intention is to actually allow the commissioner's office to be able to respond to requests for research that would come from various indigenous groups. The idea is to preserve a form of independence on how the research is done. It would be through them, at the request of indi

Canadian Heritage committee  I will ask Ms. Théberge to give you more details on the projects currently funded through the program. Like any other program that operates on a project-by-project basis, this program is quite specific and operates under quite specific conditions. We certainly put more money int

Canadian Heritage committee  I thought it was within your purview.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's the sort of surprise you get when you're new. That being said, we can send you a list of projects that have been approved this year. These are mainly very specific projects carried out by organizations that work in a very specific way to support languages. We will send yo

Canadian Heritage committee  We will most certainly send you a list.

Canadian Heritage committee  Actually, I will send you the description of the program as well as a list of the projects and amounts that have been approved over the past year.