Justice committee  It will be my pleasure.

Justice committee  I will try to answer the question and Marie-Josée might like to add something. There is a vote included for the funding earmarked for communities and provinces. Under vote 1b, funds are earmarked for the administration of those programs. Given how efficient our management of the

Justice committee  The program for the Aboriginal people is projected over a five-year period. That is common in the federal system. We usually ask that sunset programs be renewed. The documents we submit to Parliament show how much money we have and the money that was approved. We are here today t

Justice committee  Perhaps I did not understand the question. This is not a new program. The same program is being renewed, extended.

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. First, there is a significant differential between sending a Canadian abroad, with the moving and other expenses.... Sometimes, and certainly for our purposes, someone to represent Canada abroad and act as the liaison with other justice departments, b

Justice committee  My experience is that most of them are earning salaries that are not competitive with the salary we're going to pay the poor schlep we send to Paris.

Justice committee  I would say very accurate. I'll let Madame Thivierge give you the details.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I think the Director of Public Prosecutions would be overjoyed to have the opportunity to provide that information. I can tell you, managing a set of offices in Ottawa, that sometimes moves are delayed; other things happen to shift things, but that's a relationship with Public Wo

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Some of it counts for staff. I would say that over time we found that a number of employees left and took retirement, as an example, and didn't get any additional payment. A significant number we managed to place either within the department or another department, so in fact they

Justice committee  No. We could perhaps have an offline conversation about that. The funding for the aboriginal justice strategy has held relatively steady. The only change from last year to this year is that a little bit more money has been allocated to community programming and a little bit less

Justice committee  That is correct. There are two components to our programs. If there is a pull in that sense, an indication of an interest, and we work with the provinces, the provinces have...and we have had people in the field visiting communities, talking about these programs, trying to rais

Justice committee  Maybe I'll start with the last one, and then we will do a tag team on some of it. Aboriginal justice strategy funding and other funding is not just for first nations. We provide funding to Métis communities in Alberta and elsewhere and Inuit communities in the north and off res

Justice committee  I was going to say, Mr. Chair, that I will go back to my office and call the Director of Public Prosecutions. I'm sure they would be pleased to provide a written explanation to the question. I'm happy to undertake that.