Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We begin at the beginning of the year, so it would be difficult for them to join during the middle of the year—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  —but it would be interesting to see if we're going to have a second wave of first nations going into grants next year. There's no limit. If they qualify, if they demonstrate that they have the capacity, the financial plan in place and the tools, there's no reason for us to say no

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's a challenge on how we work with communities with needs. What is a solution for first nations communities that struggle with some capacity issues or other issues? How do you do it in a way and resist...so as not to take a paternalistic approach? We've seen in the past th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The funding formula was designed in collaboration with the AFN and the regional education committee. We tabled it at the regional level. It was intensive work for more than a year, if I remember well. The formula is based on what the provinces provide, so to make sure there's a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Capacity is an issue, of course. It's not necessarily the biggest one. For me it means how do you support first nations, Inuit and Métis in the development of their own public service? For us it is one of the reasons we want to hire more first nations, Inuit and Métis because, ul

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Co-development is a difficult area of the business, because it involves...and could mean a lot of people at the table. You can look at Bill C-92. We have been co-developing the legislation with the national organizations, but we also did a lot of engagement at the regional level

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The issue we have at the moment is we treat all first nations communities the same way. You implement programs the way they have been developed, even if you had higher or lower capacity. If we move with grants and more self-determination, the communities that are ready will take

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The transformation and the split of the departments didn't start last week. It started almost two years ago now. Since that time, there has been a lot of work and engagement with first nations, Inuit and Métis on what it means to have those two departments. There have also been a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You have to take into account also the size of the initiatives at the moment. It's hard to reduce when you create more and more initiatives. We've received a significant amount of money over the last few years, so you always need some people to manage it. If it isn't transferred

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You have to walk the talk. If there is no funding that comes with the change in the relationship, it would make it difficult. For example, on education, when I talked about the funding formula, if we were negotiating a funding formula with the funding we had four years ago, it

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They're online.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At ISC, there are 5,230 employees.