Public Accounts committee  We spent some time developing the framework you refer to. Then the next question was, is there enough data out there in settled land claims areas? Have there been settlements long enough to have measurable results? We spent some time with consultants to take a look at the evaluability.

Public Accounts committee  We used the framework. Then the question was, with the topics under the framework, is there data enough to allow us to measure each of these remote locations against the components? That's the work we did.

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure about the action plan, but the annual report is a look back on activities and things undertaken by the various bodies under—

Public Accounts committee  Let me add as well that one of the interesting wrinkles of doing annual reports is that given the procurement elements of the land claim agreement, we try to find businesses within the settlement area to contract with to prepare the annual reports. In the case of the Inuvialuit, we spent a year tracking down various potential businesses that might undertake it, only to find at the end of the day that there was no business able to take it on.

Public Accounts committee  Our land claim agreements always respect third party interests. They don't overlay existing third party interests in land.

Public Accounts committee  Reporting progress on...or annual reports?

Public Accounts committee  She is the sole project officer on this. She has support staff access, but she carries this file on her own.

Public Accounts committee  The project officer overseeing the implementation of the Inuvialuit agreement is a young woman by the name of Chandeep Bajaj.

Public Accounts committee  Approximately two years now.

Public Accounts committee  I can't be sure just going by my memory, but it seems to me she's been with me on it over the last two years. I can get a more precise date if that would be helpful, sir.

Public Accounts committee  The annual report process is a joint process that involves the four parties to the land claim agreement. Each party plays a role in providing their component's information. Then there's a lengthy process of preparation, including editing and all of those elements, and we--

Public Accounts committee  I'll just check my schedule, if I may....

Public Accounts committee  I meet regularly in Inuvik, yes; once a year in Inuvik and once a year in Edmonton.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I have. Our target to complete the 2004-05 annual report is the spring of 2008, and then we would target doing a combined two-year report, 2005-07, for the late summer of 2008.

Public Accounts committee  As it relates to untendered contracts?