Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is my response: sometimes yes, sometimes no. It's very technical. My understanding is that for protection and security, if you make one mistake, your computer crashes or stops, or suddenly the Internet doesn't work anymore through your computer, or because we have three diff

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Of course. I will answer you in French if you don't mind. One of the changes we made over the summer involves the approach used with the communities. Our unity, family and health branch immediately put families at the centre of the process. We meet the families during our commu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  From the outset, when the Quebec team was created precisely for linguistic reasons—it is the only government that operates solely in French—the lawyers on that team began a dialogue with the Sûreté du Québec. That was from December until now. There is very good cooperation. Sever

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  More than 7,000 files that have been transferred pertain to aboriginal issues in Quebec, on all matters combined. As to the files we are still awaiting, I will not answer that right now, out of respect. You can ask us again in a few weeks or a few months. I can say, however, that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You should ask the RCMP and SQ that. I do not have that information right now, but I can ask our legal team. If we have that information, I will gladly pass it on to you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I will answer these extremely important questions. First, we commissioners come from different regions. Some of us and some of our employees come from very remote regions. We are going through this as individuals and as a group. Next, the national inqui

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. [The witness speaks in the Innu language.] When we were given this mandate, which is very near and dear to my heart, we knew it would not be easy, that there would be challenges, and that we would have to be sure to do the work properly. We do not want the