Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm going to turn to my colleague, Ms. Israel, to respond, if that's okay, Mr. Chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As we've heard and as you've heard, the time frame to meet the commitment to introduce this bill by the end of the calendar year was indeed tight. Having said that, over 70 meetings involving more than 450 people took place in this compressed time frame. I've said before that it'

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll take that answer also. I want to remind folks that it says that the plan needs to be developed within three years, so it's up to three years. I also understand that there's a proposal to potentially look at shortening that time frame. The reason we put the possibility of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Of course, we are already engaged right now in moving forward. As you heard from the minister, the budget yesterday allotted over $31 million for consultation and engagement with a variety of people who have an interest in this legislation as it moves forward. Our plan is quite

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I only learned that it was approved and put forward at about 4:30 yesterday, so the answer to your question is that no decisions have been made yet. What I can tell you, based on my previous answer, is that it's going to be important that we use that money effectively to ensure