Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our management team is now trained and complete. We completed it over the last few months. With regard to our employees who work in various regional offices, as I mentioned earlier, we now have the office space we need in Whitehorse and Yellowknife. The staffing process is curren

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are many challenges in the north, a multiplicity of challenges, a multiplicity of stakeholders and partners. I would say the three main challenges, based on my experience, are infrastructure, capacity building, and the cost of doing business in the north. There are many oth

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, I would add that skill development will help us reach the goal of economic diversification in the north. It's not only investing in resource projects, which is quite important, but also developing cultural industries, developing tourism, developing the tradit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have provided funding up to $4 million to the Dempster, Rigley, Tuk-Inuvik highway for the development of the PSR, the project synopsis report, which is a key step toward--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Four million came from CanNor.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, it's for the Dempster, Rigley, and Tuk-Inuvik.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. With respect to the community adjustment fund, we have been working with the various communities in the north over the last eight months. We have spent roughly $5 million in each territory, with respect to CAF. All the funding related to RInC, so far, has been spent.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Right now we have around 100 employees, of whom 67 are permanent employees. The rest are what we call our “transition team”, which is really casual employees and people who will be helping us to stand up the organization. We have an office in the Yuk

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As an example, with respect to NEDCIN, INAC is leading the consultation nationally, but in the north we're part of this process. We're inviting all the key partners. We have discussions with them. So the process is quite clear in terms of who are the partners, who wants to be inv

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right now we are using existing dollars.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, madam. There are three questions: one is regarding the consultation process with respect to economic development; the second one is on NPMO, and the gender analysis I will turn to my colleague, Michael Nadler; the third one is on the skills development. First of all,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Lemay. I will respond to your question by using an example and by talking about the mandate of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. CanNor is an economic development organization with a unique mandate north of the 60th parallel. We are working to ensu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Probably, I will let you be the judge of that. The context is important. A deputy minister represents the people in the north, first nations, Inuit, and plays an important role in an advocacy role and policy research. That is a first answer. Second, I would like to give a co