Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Those funds for the entire strategy were $292 million, starting in 1999. In 2016-17, we received additional money in the budget, $5 million for year one and $10 million for year two, to look at some pilots through innovative approaches while we were pursuing active engagement a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The two organizations you mentioned are high capacity, well functioning. I would say this is similar to what we see across the country. The strength of this program is in the organizations that design and deliver the programming, with whom we've had strong partnerships for decade

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The Auditor General was talking about results reporting and what the department did with those results. I don't want the impression that it was about their financial reporting, because that's very much a different accountability structure.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are clear parameters around what the funding can be used for. Organizations that receive it are quite familiar with these. The situation you're talking about, however, arises in a case in which these organizations provide a whole range of services through various funding

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The intention behind the new program is to provide additional resources and the ability to support individuals—both the furthest from the labour market and those who are engaged in the labour market—who require additional skills. I think that's really important in communities in

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In fact, since under the AHRDS, starting in 1999, we've had urban services organizations. They've been supported throughout. In the move to a distinctions-based approach, we needed to ensure that there continued to be a mechanism for supporting these independent urban organizatio

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What we heard repeatedly.... I can do our top three pretty handily, I think. Number one was the need for increased resources. The program was built on a foundation that had been put in place in 1999, and those were the resources that continued over time, as I said earlier, in t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a wonderful question. We've done analysis on clients served and employment outcomes through the program. Typically, clients served have gender parity. That's what that looks like. However, we do know that there is a slight difference and it's not as large as it is for no

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Their contribution agreement?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is up to the organizations themselves. Whether training resources or others, it is eligible if they find they are able to bring them into the community. The flexibility is there for organizations to design their training as they need to. Typically many organizations find it

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The numbers I gave are all the grants and contributions money and that's all to organizations. That is not the department's money.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No. Those are the grants and contributions envelopes that go to indigenous organizations to provide employment and skills training.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Under the ISET program there is not a requirement. However, the majority of organizations are very skilled at ensuring they have that continuum across the board so they're able to find them. Under the skills and partnership fund there is a requirement for resources, whether direc

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Under the new program, we've really worked with indigenous partners to ensure there's that maximum flexibility so they can address their local labour market needs. We have made sure that there's greater flexibility to work with youth. There's no age restriction. These are me

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. The organizations from the program have the flexibility to provide a full suite of training, including life skills, essential skills, and in some cases some of those pre, pre-skills which are very fundamental and foundational, for people who are very far from the labo