Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have a real mix of office spaces and home bases for our employees. We have five offices across Canada—Vancouver, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Quebec City—but we have staff all across Canada working out of their homes, from Whitehorse to Iqaluit, to Halifax, and everywhere

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The member has properly characterized an interim report, and I'm thankful for that. Our interim report really is a progress report on what we've done so far. It's really going to showcase the work that our research has done in analyzing those reports and those recommendations. It

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's too soon to bring in the forensic analysis.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will start with work that has been done by others. There are strategies and programs in place in indigenous communities across Canada that work very well in reducing violence, and we're able to give them a national showcase for the work they have done. As for our work, we have

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's hard to answer this quickly, because the cultural and spiritual aspects of indigenous life are woven into everything we do every day in the communities. We want to be respectful of local protocols and ceremonies wherever we go and incorporate those into the work we do on the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can give you percentages. By the end of the last fiscal year, we had spent about 8% of our budget. By the end of this fiscal year, we expect that we will have spent about 75% of our budget. Of course, we don't have a full calendar year for the next fiscal year.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Madam Chair, to be very brief in the answer, which should be very long and more thorough, we have to maintain our independence from government, but we are tied to government through Privy Council. I have to say that the Privy Council Office has done a great amount of work on ou

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm certainly happy to provide those statistics, but I don't have them with me.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Without divulging the contents of our interim report that's coming up, the reports and studies that have already been done point to very important factors such as grinding poverty, geographical isolation, lack of a proper education, and the intergenerational traumatic effects of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are well-established research and statistics to show the challenges young women face when they go from rural reserves to urban centres. The evidence is well established that they experience a lot of difficulty adjusting to life in an urban centre.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm very pleased to say that all of the people we work with at Privy Council are our champions. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I'm not entirely clear what's meant by offloading, but I can reassure—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We go into each community with a plan. We form partnerships with organizations, governments, individuals, grassroots organizations to help carry out that plan because they want to help.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll give you some other examples. I'm happy to do that. The important thing to remember is that we work in partnerships with communities one on one.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Our community outreach is planned. In each community we look forward to building partnerships, because communities want to partner with us. We're mindful of their limited resources. We also are mindful of the fact that, in many communities, there are peop