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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In answer to your question, it's a mix of health services, of social services, and of education products. In my realm in the education world, if you have a child with special education needs and the services aren't being provided, as Paul was saying before, it's to get out of the game of pointing the finger—whether it's the province or us—and it's to get the money into the hands, get that service to the student, and then we sort out whether it is a provincial obligation or a federal obligation.

June 1st, 2017Committee meeting

Chris Rainer

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There have been a mix of cases. The money is there to get the money and direct delivery. If we find that special education services should have been provided by the province, then we work that out with them to replenish the services that were provided for. One of the principles is that we do try to use the available sources of funding that are there for the intended purposes.

June 1st, 2017Committee meeting

Chris Rainer

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not aware of any press releases we have ever done to announce each allocation to each first nation for the youth employment strategy you are referring to. These arrangements, as Paul was saying, were done through the band council in that case. Other programs have delegated that to the tribal council, especially for education delivery services.

June 1st, 2017Committee meeting

Chris Rainer