Government Operations committee  I'll look for more details. It's actually a fairly arm's-length satellite of the department. I don't spend a lot of time with them, other than, as you described it, the fact that it's a body that was created basically to create a forum and a management vehicle for coordination of

Government Operations committee  I'll make sure that I can identify the specific amount. Specific claims, for members who aren't familiar with this, are allegations of violations of trust or sharp dealings, or a grievance of some sort. They're not the unresolved land claims. These are very specific issues, as

Government Operations committee  I'll try to deal with those quickly, Mr. Chairman. You won't find them in the supplementaries because these are reductions that only kick in next year and, for the most part, in 2014-15. They were announced with a fair bit of lead time for people to make adjustments—both the tri

Government Operations committee  I will have to get back to you on the details. I am almost certain that the answer for the reduction that you show in planned spending is that it is because of sunsetting programs. We will be back with decisions in future budgets which will replenish those numbers. We did not t

Government Operations committee  In terms of the list of specific schools, I'll turn to my colleague for that. There were three in northern Ontario already announced, and we have a bundle set aside for Manitoba schools, so I can provide you with the specific locations. There are many, many school projects under

Government Operations committee  Certainly. This is another one where it's not easy to get the context out of the parliamentary documents. This is essentially another installment of funding for the implementation of our obligations under the agreement. The settlement agreement was reached in 2005-06, and imple

Government Operations committee  We would expect—my colleague will correct me—that the main estimates next year would reflect the additional resources, and they should turn up in the main estimates for each of the next few years.

Government Operations committee  More than 30 departments and agencies have some activity that touches on aboriginal communities. The second-largest share after us would be Health Canada and their non-insured health benefits and health services. There's a significant piece of housing delivered by CMHC, and there

Government Operations committee  Most of the funds go to people who live on reserve, which is about half a million. There are some programs that reach off reserve, such as non-insured health benefits, for example, which you can carry around with you across the country. There are post-secondary education subsidie

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I know from previous experience at the committee that this is a subject of great interest to you. I would not want to speculate on what decisions will be made in budgets that have yet to be tabled by the Minister of Finance of the day. We will find o

Government Operations committee  It is per year for each of two years. That's a two-year extension of the level of activity. It will be a slight fall-off—I'm sure you've done the math—because there was a little extra injection of resources due to the stimulus package in Canada's economic action plan. If you fo

Government Operations committee  The very short answer is that we will be providing funding for those processes of developing regulations. The reason the bill is structured like that is that the decision was made that the regulations should as much as possible track the regulations in the province in which a co

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, members of the committee. I have some talking points that walk people through the specific items in the supplementaries. If it's agreeable to you, Mr. Chairman, I'll just leave that with the clerk for reference. I'd just note that we have

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't have much to add, Mr. Chairman. There shouldn't be any impact on the service. We're trying to actually take out some of the duplication and redundancy between our front-line regional offices and headquarters, and streamline and speed up the process. We have a working grou

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, I could try to help Ms. Duncan with this. The estimates in the planned spending reflect the $60-million figure. They do not reflect any of Mr. Sinclair's requests for additional spending.