Public Accounts committee  Disaster reduction, and, as the deputy said, we are really embedded with Public Safety, and we participate in those conferences now. Since COVID we have been participating in a virtual way. This year, three weeks ago was the first time that Public Safety and other departments ha

Public Accounts committee  In terms of emergency management response in.... I'm sorry. Can I ask you to repeat your question? For those who are watching at home....

Public Accounts committee  I would say we have been working with all of the provinces. We have been promoting our work; we have been promoting the Auditor General's report, the recommendations that we are working on. There is a lot of work happening in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, the Northwest Territories. We

Public Accounts committee  I'd like to make two things clear, if I may. As of now, eight agreements have already been signed and are in force. In addition to those bilateral agreements with the provinces, we also have what we call emergency management plans. They are plans set by the indigenous nation

Public Accounts committee  As I said, we have eight in force.

Public Accounts committee  We are in talks with all the provinces to replace the bilateral agreements with multilateral agreements. As Ms. Wilkinson mentioned, British Columbia is the only province we have signed a multilateral agreement with. We are actively negotiating, while respecting the wishes of th

Public Accounts committee  Here's what's happening. I was in Edmonton two weeks ago. I met with all of Alberta's indigenous chiefs, and we discussed a multilateral agreement. They were very pleased with the work that had been accomplished and were in favour of the agreement, so we are going to keep moving

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Something we do when there is a community that's facing an emergency situation is that we keep in contact with them and we go through all these costs. We make sure they have sufficient funding in place to respond to the situation. We help. I'm just going to build on that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  All right. At the time the report was being written, there were 112 projects, but now there are only 94. So there is progress. It must be said that our current program has limited funds. We are working to get more funds to meet all these needs. So the work is ongoing. I don't

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Minister. Thank you for the question, Mr. Ste‑Marie. In fact, your question involves several sub-questions. First of all, I want to assure you that we will meet with the chief. So, if there are any issues that have not yet been resolved, we will make sure that he re