Foreign Affairs committee  Even if people are registered, sometimes in the circumstances it can be very difficult to contact them. If you're dealing with a hurricane or an earthquake, it can still be difficult to contact them. That's something that Global Affairs would have to tell you: what types of thi

Foreign Affairs committee  We can go back and explore what sort of information we have, first of all. We need to make sure that the information we give you on it would be accurate and then sort out how to do this. We wouldn't be able to provide the information today.

Foreign Affairs committee  As Ms. McCalla says, the department has the discretion to provide that service. We indicated that the type of service that might be provided at one mission will be different from the services provided at another mission. I think it's exactly in these types of situations that they

Foreign Affairs committee  That's one of those things that we really wouldn't question. It's up to the department to decide what the right cycle is. They've determined that 18 months is the right cycle, and we found that they weren't able to do even that. Again, I really think the department would be the o

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, that's primarily because of what's happening with moving from five-year passports to 10-year passports. The charge is $25 per passport—

Foreign Affairs committee  Again, this is the data provided by Global Affairs Canada. This graph is illustrative of their estimate. I'll ask Ms. McCalla to provide the details.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will answer the first question and ask Ms. McCalla to answer the second. The first question was about a potential bill of rights. It is of course important for the government to be clear about the services offered. Do we need a bill of rights or is there another way of going a

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the opportunity to discuss our spring 2018 report on socio-economic gaps on first nations reserves. Joining me at the table is Joe Martire, the principal responsible for the audit. Successive governments have made numerous commitments to improve the w

Public Accounts committee  That's always difficult to say, because until we actually see the changes that they are talking about, it's hard to say whether they are going to make a difference or not. I think in this report, we've seen that successive governments over the last 20 years have said they are go

Public Accounts committee  No, we haven't looked at that. It was after our audit.

Public Accounts committee  We didn't analyze the data on the basis of comparing one first nation or one model to another. That wasn't the basis of how we did our analysis.

Public Accounts committee  Again, I haven't looked at that to know for sure, but I think what's important is that, whatever model is used, there is good public reporting on what the outputs and the outcomes of that are. That doesn't necessarily have to be a contribution agreement type of arrangement and re

Public Accounts committee  We have different ways of looking at different organizations. Sometimes in agreements, departments will build into the agreement that there's a right for an audit to be done, perhaps an audit by the department or an audit by the Office of the Auditor General. In terms of the Brit

Public Accounts committee  The importance of focusing on results is something we have brought up in the past. In this case, it's about focusing on ways to improve aboriginals' quality of life. I understand that this file, which is very complex, affects many first nations people, who all have their own nee

Public Accounts committee  It is because we looked at the data in another way. I'm going to have to do this in English because it's a little too complicated for me. Essentially, what the department was measuring was concerning, if a student starts grade 12, does that student graduate from grade 12. Wha