Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Quickly, first, Finance is always involved because they see everything that goes through the budget, and at the end of the day it's a budget ask. I think at the end, to be fair, there are a lot of first nations, Inuit and Métis business people and associations and organizations

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have put in place everything needed to make sure that we are able to respond quickly to any demands. As you know, in many cases we have 48 hours, for example, to respond. This means that the number of demands is skyrocketing, which is good. This proves there's a gap, and the g

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I said before, the legislation is part of a larger reform, so they don't necessarily have to use jurisdiction. They have the authority to do it if they want to exercise their jurisdiction. If they decide to do so, they can do it without telling me, but their law will be under

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For those managed under the Indian Act, there's a process whereby they can contest an election. The federal government continues to be the one making sure there's an investigation. The minister or delegated authority under the minister conclude if the election was valid or not. I

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We make some arrangements on this. Sometimes a third party will do that, but we try to find a way to make sure that services.... I know a case where there is an issue with the election. That said, at the moment they continue to manage the reserve or the band or the community. But

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  When did you go? Was it yesterday?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. Because I asked them to remove it today. No, please, I'm joking!

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sorry.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We do try to negotiate regional education agreements across the country. They take different forms. Sometimes they're at the provincial level, like FNESC, for example, which exists in B.C. Sometimes they're with tribal councils, and sometimes it's different. I think it's one that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On the diesel, there are 56 diesel-dependent first nations communities across the country. Thirty-eight of them receive funding from us. The others actually receive services from provincial utilities. We are working and investing in trying to find alternative solutions. One of t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That would be a question to ask my friends at Natural Resources Canada. They would have more information on the timing for deploying such initiatives. I'm dreaming about it sometimes. For the Inuit community, it's managed by northern services. It's not something I do, but it is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I said, those situations exist everywhere. In terms of performance in Quebec, we see that the situation is not really the most critical. It is worse in other places. As I mentioned, funding is intended for building water infrastructure and repairing existing infrastructure, bu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We analyze drinking water systems. In all reserves and first nations communities, we are responsible for carrying out those analyses. We do them regularly, as the case should be across the country. You can see the results. That data is also communicated to community chiefs. Befo

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Jordan's principle was first developed for first nations on-reserve, and the reason the federal government was asked to jump in was that we were seen as the responsible jurisdiction. Normally, Jordan's principle applies to all jurisdictions. Jordan's principle says that whoever

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I know, and if I include an “s”, it doesn't make sense because it's already “people”. I know that, and I don't use the “s” in French, even if I'm told I should. Thanks.