Human Resources committee  Exactly. My first point was that we had to add a process, basically, to get their proposals. We receive the proposal. We work with our colleague in the region. We work with the first nation to approve the project. When the project is approved—to answer your question—the money fr

Human Resources committee  Yes, the band council receives the money. The chief and the council receive the money, and after that, basically, they can go ahead with the project.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. It's a very good one. With budget 2016, as I mentioned, we got $416 million, and basically the profile for the first year was to issue $208 million. In addition to that at the department, we decided collectively to spend more money on housing because,

Human Resources committee  I would like to add something to what my colleague Mr. Clarke has just said. Let me take Shamattawa as an example; we talked about it this week. The community was asking members of the community to pay rent. As Mr. Clarke said, that is part of the solution in better management,

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for the question. My role is mainly to support my colleagues in the region, to support the first nations community members to build infrastructure. In the last budget, we were able to get money for a longer period, so we got money for two years and for a fiv

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. If I may, I will deal with the question from an infrastructure angle. As you mentioned, $416 million were allocated for specific projects in Budget 2016. Currently, more than 965 projects are under way. That includes renovating 3,220 housing units. T