Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will certainly provide anything that we have. We have over 80 audits and evaluations posted on our website and we have been looking at income assistance in the past. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what the most recent reports are, but we'll certainly make them available

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The answer is simple: it's a matter of cash flow. We estimated the number of claims we hoped to negotiate, but since it's a negotiation process, I can't guarantee to you or the minister which fiscal year they will fall into. The Department of Finance enables us to do what we call

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Parliament will begin this review next year, in 2014. The subcommittee will carry out a study on the effectiveness of the tribunal.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can provide more details in writing. At the moment, I can say that there are four specific cases. The first case is a settlement between lawyers concerning the Sawridge First Nation and involves funds generated by oil activities. The second case concerns the Alexander First Na

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's $14 million.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's another activity that was renewed in the estimates. I don't have the exact figures, but I think it was close to $14 million a year. We'll fund about 120 projects this year. I can provide you with a list of projects that have been funded.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, it was renewed with the same level of funding.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is the first example of a program or an activity that was renewed in the budget. In this case, the funding is in the supplementary estimates, (A), (B) or (C). The claims initiative, which the minister described, was to last five years, beginning in 2007. This initiative was

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll be very quick. We are always at the table with a mandate. It's not always a mandate the other side of the table likes, but we are never in a situation where we don't have a mandate, clear policies, and clear parameters. I'd be happy to look into the specific table that you r

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, we'd be happy to sit down with the clerk and get the list of written questions and make sure those come back in writing.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It was a small stand-alone organization created by the previous government at the time of the first nations statistical act. It pre-dates my time as deputy. At the time the First Nations Land Management Act was created, so was the statistical act and the First Nations Commercial

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  FNSI was not happy about it, but there was essentially no push back from first nations communities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're referring, then, to specific claims, I think, as opposed to comprehensive claims. Comprehensive claims are where there's no treaty resolved, as in the Yukon and parts of Northwest Territories and Quebec. Specific claims are allegations of violations of past obligations. A

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can answer the first one fairly quickly. One of the large claims above $150 million was the Coldwater claim in Ontario. It was resolved and paid out last year. That's why you see a bigger number last year than this year. Simply put, the money is not needed this year. The decl

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, we certainly don't expect so. Last year on September 4, Minister Duncan announced on behalf of the government its intention, in response to frustrations expressed by first nations, to try to speed up and move the negotiation process to a more results-based approach. We're in