Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, that's true. In constant dollars, per capita housing expenditures--at the time we had conducted this audit--had declined by 40% over a decade.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just in response to that, I agree, as the Auditor General has said, that when we talk about sustainability, we aren't just talking about the sustainability of the programs within Indian Affairs; it's also the sustainability of the very programs themselves and how decisions like t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I'm afraid you'll have to go back to the department. We don't have that information with us. They will, though, be able to provide you with the information from which I quoted these particular statistics.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, we did not do that particular type of analysis, and as far as I understand and remember, neither did Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I can advise the honourable member that at the time we conducted this audit, Indian Affairs had shifted approximately $500 million from capital facilities, operations and maintenance, income assistance, housing, and post-secondary education to child and family services

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I will answer the member's question by putting forward the facts as I understand them and as I understand the way we tried to place them here in this audit. The army had the Leopard 1 in theatre. It made a determination that because of the deficiencies--particularly w

Public Accounts committee  French is not my mother tongue.

Public Accounts committee  To be more precise, I don't want to give the committee the impression that we did not have access to the documents within National Defence. We did have access to all the documents needed. What I was trying to say is that as you go through the series of documents trying to put to

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, it's difficult to say because we have not had access to all the evidence needed it to confirm when National Defence realized that it would be impossible to install that equipment on the tanks. I'll speak a little bit in English, because some of the terminology is diff