Sure. I think I'll separate it into two things.
One—and it probably is a bit confusing—there's the major projects management office itself, which is really charged with looking at all of the major projects and making sure all the regulators are coordinated, taking a whole-of-government approach. That's the MPMO.
There's also the major projects management office-west, whose mandate is a little bit different and it's a lot more geared towards consultation with first nations. It's focused on resource projects in the west. That has been set up really in response to the Eyford report, to try to see if we could do a better job with engaging with first nations across all of government. It has that coordination aspect. We work with Transport, Environment Canada, and others, but it's more focused on the west coast and on those projects.
So the money that was provided in the budget was really for the first of those. It's for the broad activity that really is coordinating all of the projects across the country that the minister referred to—the $135 million over five years.
The major projects management office-west actually received its money two years ago, I think. They've already set up their office out west and they're actively engaging not only with other government departments, but also with first nations. I think they're becoming, as was intended, a go-to place for people who want to find out what's happening with projects, what does the government think, what are some of the programs that might be available for first nations to access. That's the single window that people have on the west coast to do that.
As you know, there's a lot of activity on the west coast. It's a busy place at the moment, but they have their money already and they're really just focused on getting the operation up and running, which they've done, and making sure that they effectively engage with first nations. I think we're already seeing some of the successes of that.