Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the north, our program, as the minister said, supports books, pedagogical resources and the development of indigenous language training materials, as well as adult courses and preschool language nests for children and their parents. We have also entered into a tripartite agreement with the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Currently, we have set up first nations, Inuit and Métis committees. For most projects, they look at the proposals coming in. Based on their expertise on revitalization work, they make recommendations back to the department on who should be funded and how much, and the department has followed those recommendations ever since we set up these committees three years ago.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I would say there are a few reasons to offer. One is that every single year for the last five years, we've seen increasing demand for the program. Funding has increased year over year, but demand has exceeded that. What happens is that we are oversubscribed, and many projects are not able to be funded every year.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The target was set for 2021, recognizing that it was when the next census release was going to be. Stats Canada have just released their findings from that gathering in 2021. That's why there's been a delay in reporting that. Now we're able to report the status as of 2021.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have that data now.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure.