Public Accounts committee  Yes. The preliminary action plan that was referenced in the deputy's opening comments is the one that was tabled with the committee.

Public Accounts committee  I can start—

Public Accounts committee  I'll give you two examples from the Atlantic and leave time for Dr. Wong. I'm an Atlantic Canadian as well. The deputy mentioned one of them in her remarks earlier around service transfers. We have undertaken a service transfer with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq. It is ex

Public Accounts committee  Maybe I could provide a couple of examples. In New Brunswick, the Tobique First Nation has an agreement with the provincial government for a $22-million investment. Again, similar to the example I mentioned earlier in Alberta, we supplemented that, particularly around servicing

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. I am aware of the situation and I will certainly follow up with my colleagues in education.

Public Accounts committee  It's not my cheque to write, but I will follow up with the officials under whose program this fits. We do run schools at Six Nations. That is not the only school at Six Nations, of course.

Public Accounts committee  Part of it is being a partner at the table, but being one of a number of partners, because there is no way that any one party can solve this issue alone. We see lots of examples. In Alberta, we see Cenovus dedicating $50 million to building housing in four first nations and two

Public Accounts committee  I could add that all of our contribution agreements that include this type of funding require final completion reports that are certified by a qualified inspector. We've been working with the First Nations National Building Officers Association to build that capacity, as well as

Public Accounts committee  Yes, grosso modo, that was the approach. In fact, as mentioned earlier, with the advance payments, certainly there will be accounting after the fact. The advance payment is to ease the cash flow on the nation and to ensure that they have those resources available to deploy imme

Public Accounts committee  Certainly. We work directly with nations to ensure that we can assist them, if need be. Some nations do not need our assistance in that regard, but when communities may continue to be struggling in terms of band offices being affected or those types of things, we will work direct

Public Accounts committee  I'll just emphasize that, as I said earlier, the “on the land” initiative is at the request of Kashechewan First Nation. We are responding to their request to be evacuated on the land. As I mentioned, we have officials in the community next week to go through the plan for this

Public Accounts committee  We'll need to confirm the exact number for you. I don't have the exact number with me. Certainly, we are working very closely with Peguis leadership, making sure that people can get home as soon as they can. They have had multiple floods. That's why we're working with them on p

Public Accounts committee  Yes. Absolutely. They are often evacuated as priority one as well. There was reference earlier to the first nations and Inuit health branch. We work closely with them to ensure that if there's a nursing station in the community, for example, or if an escort is required, those fol

Public Accounts committee  Yes. Certainly provinces, generally speaking, have wildfire management. They have the evacuation support that the deputy mentioned earlier. They do that heavy lifting in terms of getting people out, helping to identify the risks, and also making sure nations are listened to, beca

Public Accounts committee  That's the conversation that officials are having with each and every one of the nations that have projects represented within the 58 that remain. As we mentioned earlier, budget 2019 provided $12 million annually, specifically for structural mitigation. We continually look to le