Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a complicated question. This is an independent fund. It's set up. We have new trustees in place, and they're working through right now exactly how all the logistics of this thing will work. I can conceptually walk you through it in terms of the concepts and how this will wor

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's no mandate for CMHC to be monitoring or managing those funds. I believe the same can be said for INAC, so it would be the Department of Finance that you'd have to raise the question with.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I do believe there were some principles and whatnot, but we're just not the right people to answer that question, I'm afraid.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, I was referring to the $295 million that came in Budget 2005. All of that budget has been committed, but projects are built over a period of time. All of those projects are under way, advances are under way, so that was what I was referring to in terms of it taking time to ge

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I wouldn't have that for each and every year, but I could certainly get you the detailed information. As an illustration for today, for the $295 million budget that we were referring to earlier, the 2005 budget, it was projected that with the dollars it would be allocated, CMHC

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The numbers I just gave you were solely for on reserve. CMHC has a budget for special on-reserve programs as well; they're designated. For example, that was the $134 million for this year and last year that we had. In addition, CMHC has off-reserve funding that it provides. That

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  From a CMHC program perspective, as I said, we do have a number of programs in place. Typically there are about 1,000 units renovated each year. There are about 1,000 from new construction. Last year we actually did a little better than that in terms of renovation; we were up ove

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That was a one-time investment out of the 2005 budget.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You may be referring to the trust funding that--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Wasn't it the Department of Finance who was managing the trust?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We really appreciate this opportunity to share with you CMHC's role in aboriginal housing in Canada. A little over a year ago, we provided the committee with a brief on this issue. Our intention this afternoon is to provide an update, highlighting some o

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No problem.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We fulfill our mandate through the provision of mortgage loan insurance products, affordable housing programs, research, and the sharing of expertise. As you are aware, INAC has the lead role with respect to on-reserve housing policy. The department is a key participant in the p

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Maybe I'll tackle this. On building codes, to be clear, CMHC and the federal government, in other areas, do not develop the building code in Canada. The building code is under the jurisdiction of the provinces and territories. We have a national building code that takes the com

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would agree with Claire's response. When we talk market solutions, we're not talking movement to fee simple. If you move to a fee simple situation, you wouldn't be respecting the communal ownership of the land.