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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee We will do that for you.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee We haven't calculated it right now, but we are working with Environment Canada to make sure that the impact is being assessed, particularly for northerners, as part of the pan-Canadian framework.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee In our department's estimates, no, but there is activity through the pan-Canadian framework that would be with Environment Canada.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I don't think there would be necessarily a direct link for this year, but part of the reform that we're planning to do with nutrition north, as the minister said, is to make sure that we engage and factor the costs of having nutritious and healthy food provided to northerners, in
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I will start, and then I'll turn to my colleague, Mr. Thoppil, on that. There are different entry points for providing funding for indigenous people, and it is quite true that for the Indian bands that are governed by the Indian Act, there is a certain type of funding agreement
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Madam Chair, with your permission, maybe we could walk you through the deck we have provided.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Okay. I will ask Mr. Thoppil to do that for us. Thank you.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee We'll send you a description of that.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee There is a fully integrated security management system that starts from the federal and provincial levels—and the municipal level if you're governed by a provincial government. The portion that INAC takes is to do the same thing and be plugged in through that cascading. It stems
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee That emergency management money is based on events, and they—
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee On reserve primarily, but if there are events that we need to contribute to, we do and we fund. It's a big ticket item because we often have to do it after the fact. We have some base funding, but when the events occur we fund them, and we replenish based on the event. If there
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Yes, by and large it is already spent.
February 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee We also have bolstered the engagement we are doing to assess the priorities, and there will be elements that will primarily be done jointly with first nation organizations at the regional level.
June 16th, 2016Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Yes, it would be.
June 16th, 2016Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee We're fleshing out the program on emergency management, but it's also to support, as the minister said, the capacity for things like water. It's to be able to provide the training in the first nations communities, but on a rotational basis. We added $3 million, and if we need to
June 16th, 2016Committee meeting
Hélène Laurendeau