Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. A lot of departments are involved in the permitting and licensing associated with the pipeline project--Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada, Transport, and others--so we coordinate all of that. There was and is a Mackenzie gas pipeline project management office and we a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. And yes, we're very positive about this new tool. It gets reserve communities out of the worst parts of the Indian Act, and it gives them a lot of control over local land management decisions and so on. We are not the gatekeeper as to who gets in a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As is the case for the open and unsubsidized markets, there are now electronic systems with which we can measure the daily demand for goods very accurately. There will be a model. We have a lot of information on the models used at the time of the old program, on what people eat,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. I will turn it over to Mr. Nadler, because these programs of direct business support and economic development are now delivered by the Northern Economic Development Agency.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I think this is similar to other areas. It's very hard to come out with a national framework that is going to work equally well in the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, northern Quebec, or southern Ontario. Education is so important to communities' sense of themselves, and th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. We have a fairly steady business at the registry, as long as there's an Indian Act and people have status defined by the Indian Act. People are born, die, marry, adopt, and so on, so there's a lot of business at the Indian registry. We'll also have new business because of t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Lévesque. I believe your question can be divided into three points. First, there will be no saving to the department. I believe the new program will cost more than the old one. The largest amount that we've spent for the old program is $66 million or $68 million.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We were given direction that we shouldn't be making offers related to fish while the Cohen inquiry is under way, so that has had an impact on treaty tables. Several tables are active. We are at the table. There is a ratification vote this week at Yale,I think, and as the ministe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Which report? I'm sorry.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not aware there's anything outstanding. I'll certainly undertake to release everything we have.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It has been appointed. The list of members is on the website.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's a conference call. They haven't physically met. They will be meeting, I think, in the next month.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, plus the cost of the measures the ministers announced yesterday, which would be approximately.... We're not absolutely sure, because we always need to know how many kilos, but that could be another $8 million, $9 million, $10 million next year.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We are aware, as we have the committee's report, and of course we'll respond to it in due course as a government response to the committee. In the area of science there are two main pillars. One would be the International Polar Year activity, which was a serious injection of res

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't want to scoop the minister; he'll be making a more fulsome announcement in the coming days. But we've been working with the Assembly of First Nations to make this as collaborative a project as possible. I think its core focus will be on education legislation. One of the b