Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As we mentioned, in agreements like the one with the school boards or the B.C. one, we sit down with them and we agree on the set of indicators. If you look at the agreement, there's a list of indicators they had already committed to.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, this is within the Anishinabek agreement. It's hard for me to comment on all the self-government agreements, because I don't necessarily negotiate them, and each of them is—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, and we are working with our friends who are negotiating those agreements. I can give you an example of what we see with the self-government agreements. For example, if you look at the Atlantic schools, you'll see an annual report that is there on the web, and it does inclu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will follow up on this. It's a very good question. We are building the new framework, in terms of data. The comprehensive new version of the Community Well-Being Index is based on the United Nations sustainable development framework. That's the core of this, or it will be the c

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't think we're waiting. We've been working on child and family services reform this year and we've made significant progress towards the legislation. That's something we're trying to address. We have been investing a lot over the last few years on housing, which is also anot

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Maybe I will leave this to Paul. He has been working with the AFN on the development of the national outcomes and can discuss the relationship with our partners in terms of data.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At the moment, we're working at the regional level. We expect and suspect that there will be common indicators across the country at the end. When we talked with B.C., for example, attendance and graduation were there. We think that others will come with indicators that are sim

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Let me answer that. I won't comment on your comments on my kindness. What I will come back to is what we're doing on education regarding the funding. For example, when you say that those people don't have the capacity, the money or the tools on reserve, we have now worked wit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The new funding formula is going to be in place in April 2019, so that's less than a year from now. We're working with first nations on developing their own systems. We have two school boards that have been created over the last two years. Regarding data, I agree with you that w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks, Madam Chair, for the questions. You're right, grade 3 is important, but—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would go even before. I would go through pre-natal programs towards young adult programs. When we talk about results on education, it's not just about the system of education; it's about the socio-economic gaps, as the Auditor General pointed out. That includes a lot of differe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You need data.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Effectively what we've been measuring in the past is a graduation level that is based on the core year 12, and you're right in saying that's not the ideal one—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  —and we agree with this. We also agree on our side that we need to sit down and work with first nations on what is meaningful for them to measure. We don't necessarily want to come with a one-size-fits-all approach from Ottawa and say, “This is the way to do that.” That's what we

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, okay. I was just referring to the Community Well-Being Index, but you're right: on education, that's the way we're going.