Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll defer to my Justice colleagues on that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I would say that the legislation really seeks to address those criticisms through the provision of flexible, sustainable long-term funding that is managed by the communities that have taken over this jurisdiction. I am well aware of the criticism that the administrative burden communities face is often onerous, given their unique circumstances.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for that. I'll turn to my colleague Ms. Quintal.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Certainly, the legislation was co-developed. The plan is to continue the co-development of its implementation. That's certainly been our approach, and that's what we'll continue to do.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a great question. My colleague referred to the five-year review of the legislation. I think the best answers to those questions often come from communities in terms of what they've learned along the way. Just recently, several months ago, Louis Bull Tribe hosted a forum on lessons learned about using Bill C-92 as a tool to enact jurisdiction.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. I think we've really seen that communities are starting to talk about wanting to have more opportunities to share those best practices. Those conversations are happening across the country. We hear that very frequently.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I mean, I don't think there's any getting it wrong or getting it right. It's doing what makes sense in a given moment in time. I think we've seen huge success at Peguis First Nation around reducing the number of children coming into care. We've heard that from their leadership. I know that Louis Bull Tribe has been very happy to share its experiences around putting the act into place.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Certainly, in terms of the capacity-building funding, we do support the Assembly of First Nations, yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You can imagine that typically over the years—and I think you mentioned this earlier—provinces have been very active in providing child and family services, particularly off reserve. It's a coordination. The title sort of gives it all. It needs to be a coordination of services across those areas so that, for example, if a child is living off reserve but a community has asserted jurisdiction over a whole geographic area, then those two areas have spoken to each other and there is a plan about what is going to happen to support that child and that family.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of the planning, absolutely, we think that the tripartite role is very important.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of what agreements may exist after a coordination agreement has been signed, that certainly depends on the given indigenous governing body and how it has developed its model. It will vary from case to case.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Both are certainly possible.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're putting your finger right on it. It's a different role in terms of where the jurisdiction lies and where the decision-making lies. The decision-making, when jurisdiction has been assumed, lies with the community. The different vehicles that may be necessary—for example, to provide an emergency service in the city—are for the community to determine and may involve contracting with a provincial body.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are seven that exist now.