Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say that there are around 60 legal counsels plus support staff, so around 80 FTEs, including our original office in Vancouver.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Most of them. We also have people in regional offices, so sometimes we have to deal with them because the issue is related more to the region.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's hard to say, because during the last year I would say it was a transition period. When we calculate the time that we spend on a file, not everything has been done, so it's hard for me to have an exact response because the numbers are not quite finalized yet.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It takes time because for some of them the issues are major. You may be referring to the new directive on litigation. It takes time because we have to change the approach for the files that are already within the system.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If you will allow me, I will speak about my organization, which is legal services. Now we are serving both departments, but in terms of increasing, no, we did not have an increase in the number of FTEs. For now, I would say, it's not necessary. We are facing the challenges with b

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I wouldn't say it's the same because we have more people to deal with, but we're still part of the team. We are here to help them when they have legal questions. On those grounds, nothing has changed. It is a bit more complicated because we have been involved in departmental leg

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Do you mean in terms of legal issues?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a good question. Of course, since the government's announcement and then the principals and the relationship, nation-to-nation, it has.... Yes, I would say there are new legal issues. It is also owing to UNDRIP and how we implement UNDRIP. Those are new issues that hadn't

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have the capacity to support our clients to handle that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to thank both deputy ministers for their presentations. I'm joining them today to answer some questions that have more to do with the Department of Justice. These questions are more technical, and they concern the two pieces of legislation that wil