Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Perhaps I could go first, Minister, if that's all right.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With respect to the first nations child and family services program, there are variations between what has been submitted in the mains and what the actual expenditures are. Over the last number of years, we've in fact—as the minister was indicating—also gone back for additional monies as we started to reform the program.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, certainly. Yes, as the minister said, it depends on the circumstances of each community. We're negotiating the amount with each community and with the province in question. There were no cuts. As the minister said, we have several agreements that receive, or have received, funding from previous years' budgets.