Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, maybe.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It is an eligible expenditure, so depending on—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It is eligible; they can do it. They assess the case. Again, they have a customized plan for each individual. If it involves wraparound services while the person is in Toronto, for example, giving some hands-on work experience, it is possible for them to use the resources they have to provide those services and that support.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It has been our pleasure.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We sometimes get cases such as this brought to our attention. Issues in terms of tuition is one that I remember we had as well. It was something similar. We will inquire, but it's not the kind of relationship that we have. We're not sitting in appeal of their decision.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We can engage, ask questions and reach out to try to facilitate, but we're not at a decision-making level, at the end of the day. We won't reverse the decision. We just try to make sure that what needs to be done gets done. If it's just a matter of people having to transmit the file over again and so forth, sometimes by just asking questions you resolve the issue.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are 85.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The program, launching soon—April 1—covers a period of 10 years and gives service providers much more flexibility. It will be possible to intervene multiple times and thus deliver locally tailored services to clients on an ongoing basis. This will help clients retain, and even strengthen, their knowledge, skills and certification year after year.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For a few years now, the department has been working to really strengthen relationships and co-operation with indigenous organizations. From the terms and conditions to the contribution agreements, the program was designed in a way that recognizes the organizations have considerable flexibility and autonomy.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The reporting provisions we have in the agreement are essentially to govern the agreement itself, so it's reporting back to us, in terms of being able to account for the program. However, we are definitely paying attention to the governance structure, who is on their board and how the committees are associated with them.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, there is not.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with you that this is an important aspect of the relationship. They need to be connected and to report back and be accountable to the communities. What we find a bit difficult to articulate is—and we need to think more about this; I will agree with you—is it the role of Canada to go in and tell them how to organize and report back to one another?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Oh boy, you have me there. I would need to get back to you to give you an example for that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure.