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Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Ministry Summary

Vote	(thousands of dollars)	2010–11	2009–10	Difference
		Main Estimates	Main Estimates
	Indian Affairs and Northern Development
	Department
1	Operating expenditures	990,160	937,703	52,457
5	Capital expenditures	6,431	44,419	(37,988)
10	Grants and contributions	5,994,751	5,657,871	336,880
15	Payments to Canada Post Corporation	47,600	27,600	20,000
20	Office of the Federal Interlocutor for M�tis and non-Status
	Indians – Operating expenditures	5,528	9,042	(3,514)
25	Office of the Federal Interlocutor for M�tis and non-Status
	Indians – Contributions	21,939	29,939	(8,000)
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	66,056	61,094	4,962
(S)	Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development,
	Federal Interlocutor for M�tis and Non-Status Indians
	and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic
	Development Agency – Salary and motor car
	allowance	79	78	. . . . .
(S)	Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive
	claim settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive
	Land Claim Settlement Acts	67,970	65,525	2,445
(S)	Grant to the Nunatsiavut Government for the
	implementation of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims
	Agreement pursuant to the Labrador Inuit Land
	Claims Agreement Act	17,987	17,987	. . . . .
(S)	Liabilities in respect of loan guarantees made to Indians
	for Housing and Economic Development	2,000	2,000	. . . . .
(S)	Payments to comprehensive claim beneficiaries in
	compensation for resource royalties	1,472	1,472	. . . . .
(S)	Indian Annuities Treaty payments	1,400	1,400	. . . . .
(S)	Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability
	Board	15	15	. . . . .
	Total budgetary	7,223,387	6,856,145	367,242
L30	Loans to native claimants	47,403	47,403	. . . . .
L35	Loans to First Nations in British Columbia for the
	purpose of supporting their participation in the British
	Columbia Treaty Commission Process	30,400	30,400	. . . . .
	Total non-budgetary	77,803	77,803	. . . . .
	Total Department	7,301,190	6,933,948	367,242
	Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
40	Operating expenditures	13,710	. . . . .	13,710
45	Contributions	46,312	. . . . .	46,312
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	1,180	. . . . .	1,180
	Total Agency	61,203	. . . . .	61,203
	Canadian Polar Commission
50	Program expenditures	939	917	22
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	77	71	6
	Total Agency	1,016	988	28
	First Nations Statistical Institute
55	Payments to the First Nations Statistical Institute for
	operating expenditures	5,000	4,700	300
	Total Agency	5,000	4,700	300
	Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation
	Commission
60	Program expenditures	14,805	18,075	(3,270)
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	510	510	. . . . .
	Total Agency	15,315	18,585	(3,270)
	Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal
65	Program expenditures	2,645	2,373	272
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	195	195	. . . . .
	Total Agency	2,840	2,568	272

Notes:

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Order in Council P.C. 2009-1423 transfers from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency the control and supervision of the portion of the federal public administration in the Department of Indian Affaires and Northern Development known as the Northern Economic Development Branch, effective August 18, 2009.

Department

Strategic Outcome

The People – Individual and family well-being for First Nations and Inuit.

Program Activity Descriptions

Education

This program activity provides First Nations and Inuit communities with tools to achieve educational outcomes comparable to those of other Canadians. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has primary responsibility under the Indian Act for the elementary and secondary education of status-Indians living on reserve. As a matter of social policy, INAC also supports on-reserve status-Indians and Inuit students in the pursuit of post-secondary education. Support provided through the Education programs includes provisions for instructional services, special education services as well as targeted initiatives which aim to enhance First Nation education management, improve teacher recruitment and retention, and encourage parental and community engagement. New targeted funds have been recently included to improve the provision of elementary and secondary education services through both a partnership and a student success program.

Social Development

Supports the provision of: income assistance to meet basic needs for food, clothing and shelter to ensure the safety and well- being of individuals and families consistent with provincial programs and standards; First Nations child and family services to improve their well-being and security; assisted living for social support services of a non-medical nature such as in-home care, short term respite care, foster care and institutional care to improve their well-being and security; Family Violence Program to improve safety and security, particularly of women and children at-risk; National Child Benefit Re-investment to support low-income families with children to help prevent or reduce the depth of child poverty; and other social services to build self-reliant, sustainable, healthy and stable First Nation communities.

Managing Individual Affairs

The Managing Individual Affairs program activity ensures responsible Federal stewardship of the provisions of the Indian Act that pertain to Estates, Band moneys, registration and Band membership through direct client-services as well as partnerships with First Nations to deliver select services including the administration of Estates and the Indian Registration Program. The Program Activity is also responsible for administering the portions of the First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act that pertain to Indian Moneys as well as the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, implemented on September 19, 2007, which oversees the federal obligations outlined within the Agreement and other federal initiatives related to the impact of Residential schools on Aboriginal people in Canada.

Strategic Outcome

The Economy – Economic well-being and prosperity of First Nations, Inuit and M�tis people.

Program Activity Descriptions

Community Infrastructure

This program activity supports the provision of funding for the acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of: community facilities such as roads, bridges, water and sewer, and administration offices; education facilities, such as schools and teacherages and on-reserve housing.

Community Investment

For most First Nation and Inuit communities, economic development progress has been slow. The Community Investment program activity provides project-based and core funding to support communities and individuals in their efforts to effectively identify, assess, organize and plan economic development pursuits. This program activity is intended to enhance the ability of communities and individuals to participate in the economy and benefit from economic development opportunities. The activity is expected to yield increased employment and income levels, leading to improvements in the overall economic well-being and prosperity of First Nations, Inuit and M�tis people.

Individual and Community Business Development

Activities under the Aboriginal Business Development Program aim to create a modern business climate for Aboriginal individuals and communities to participate in Canada's economy and further share in its economic prosperity by addressing the limited range of financing provided by commercial lenders. To support sustainable business development, the program enables access to private sector business financing at competitive rates, as well as essential business information/advice. It also facilitates private sector partnerships in major resource and energy business projects and strengthens Aboriginal-owned or controlled financing institutions to provide developmental lending and advisory services to Aboriginal businesses.

Strategic Outcome

The Government – Good governance and co-operative relationships for First Nations, Inuit and Northerners.

Program Activity Descriptions

Governance and Institutions of Government

The efforts related to this program activity assist in achieving social and economic vibrancy in First Nation and Inuit communities. It supports individual community and aggregate based governments and governance systems by assisting them in establishing effective governance and associated capacities, processes and mechanisms (such as by-law making authority, election processes). Particularly, support is provided to First Nation and Inuit governments as well as their respective institutions of government. These institutions include but are not limited to those that provide services in the areas of governance, land claim organizations and professional associations.

Claims Settlements

This program activity consists in providing approved payments to First Nations for the settlement of special, specific and comprehensive claims which were successfully concluded through a negotiation process.

Co-operative Relationships

This program activity addresses constitutional and historic obligations, reduces conflict through negotiation and enables all parties to work together toward reconciliation. Co-operative Relationships are about mutual respect. They establish an atmosphere of trust, accountability and respectful partnerships among governments, First Nations and Inuit. This atmosphere, in turn, supports social, economic and cultural growth in First Nation and Inuit communities and increases their self-reliance. Co-operative Relationships are the basis for mutually reached resolution of claims and other rights issues. Through Co-operative Relationships, land claims and self-government agreements are negotiated and implemented, treaty relations between the Crown and First Nations are clarified and supported, certainty is obtained over the ownership, use, and management of land and resources, and Inuit are effectively represented in federal policy decisions.

Strategic Outcome

The North – The people of the North are self-reliant, healthy, skilled and live in prosperous communities.

Program Activity Descriptions

Northern Land and Resources

This program activity supports the sustainable development and regulatory oversight of the land and natural resources of the North. Oil and gas development, including offshore projects, as well as the management of mines and mineral activity are facilitated. Improved environmental management and stewardship is promoted through the continued development of the northern regulatory regime. The identification and clean-up of contaminated sites improves environmental conditions, while the development of arctic science and the increase to the knowledge base through, among others, the activities of the International Polar Year, helps in the development of strategies in response to the challenges of climate change and adaptation. The concerns and issues of climate change are addressed in the interests of maintaining sustainable Aboriginal and northern communities.

Healthy Northern Communities

This program activity benefits all Northerners by reducing the costs of transporting nutritious, perishable foods and other essential items to isolated northern communities and by researching the sources and effects of contaminants on the Arctic food chain. Through grants for hospital and physician services, the program activity also supports improvements to the health and well-being of members of First Nations communities and Inuit who live in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Northern Governance

This program activity strengthens northern governments by devolving province-like responsibilities for the land and natural resources, adopting effective intergovernmental mechanisms, managing strategic issues, and strengthening domestic and international inter-governmental co-operation on circumpolar issues.

Strategic Outcome

The Land – First Nations and Inuit benefit from their lands, resources and environment on a sustainable basis.

Program Activity Descriptions

Responsible Federal Stewardship

This program activity contributes to the objective established by the Priorities and Planning Committee of Cabinet in September 2007 to promote economic development and good governance on reserve. It establishes the conditions for First Nations under the Indian Act to accelerate the pace at which they are able to exercise greater control over the management of their reserve land, resources and environment and effectively implementing and expanding the First Nations Land Management regime to facilitate the movement of more First Nations beyond the Indian Act . It involves a close collaboration with First Nations, Aboriginal associations and organisations, other government departments and private stakeholders such as oil and gas companies.

First Nations Governance over Land, Resources and the Environment

The overall program framework for the assumption of governance responsibility of First Nations is composed of several programs which may act either as an incremental process toward Self government or as individual, discrete, optional programs which First Nations may select and opt into. The Reserve Land and Environmental Management Program program builds First Nations Capacity through training and participation in land management in conjunction with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) officers. The Regional Land Administration Programs involve delegation of some Ministerial authorities that allow First Nations to act on their own behalf. First Nation Land Management offers First Nations the opportunity to assume full control over their land, transferring from the Indian Act to an individual land code.

Clarity of Title to Land and Resources

This program activity aims to provide legal certainty on ownership over on-reserve land and resources. It enables financial institutions and other investors to partner with First Nations in economic development opportunities on reserve. This includes adding land to reserve, providing clarity of title to reserve lands and resources through surveys, ensuring that the government's fiduciary obligations are met, implementing land transfers under specific and comprehensive claims, and negotiating restoration of mineral title to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for the benefit of First Nations communities.

Strategic Outcome

Office of the Federal Interlocutor – Socio-economic well being of M�tis, non-status Indians and urban Aboriginal people

Program Activity Descriptions

M�tis and non-status Indian Organizational Capacity Development

This program activity is carried out by the Office of the Federal Interlocutor, the Government of Canada's principal point of contact for M�tis and Non-Status Indian organizations, and an advocate within government on their key issues. The main mandate of the Office is to support (financially and through other means) the work of these organizations, and help find practical ways to reduce dependency and improve the self-reliance, and social and economic conditions of M�tis, Non-Status Indians and off-reserve Aboriginal people. The Office fulfills this mandate by helping M�tis and Non-Status Indian organizations develop their organizational and professional capacity, so that they can build effective partnerships with federal and provincial governments, and the private sector.

Urban Aboriginal Strategy

This program activity helps respond to the needs of Aboriginal people living in urban centres. It promotes the self-reliance and economic participation of urban Aboriginal people and expands their life choices. Through the Urban Aboriginal Strategy, the federal government partners with other governments, community organizations and Aboriginal people to support (financially and through other means) projects that respond to local priorities. The Strategy enhances the federal government's ability to align expenditures directed toward urban Aboriginal people in key centres with provincial and municipal programming in a way that both advances federal objectives and responds effectively to local challenges and opportunities.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)			2010–11 Main Estimates					2009–10
						Non-	Total	Main
			Budgetary			budgetary		Estimates
	Operating	Capital	Grants	Contributions	Total	Loans,
				and other		investments
				transfer		and advances
				payments
Education	24,669	. . . . .	39,474	1,699,286	1,763,429	. . . . .	1,763,429	1,705,635
Social Development	5,502	. . . . .	10,000	1,475,231	1,490,733	. . . . .	1,490,733	1,451,780
Community Infrastructure	29,839	. . . . .	136	1,267,988	1,297,962	. . . . .	1,297,962	1,075,542
Governance and Institutions of
Government	13,817	. . . . .	401,454	236,996	652,267	. . . . .	652,267	632,663
Claims Settlements	2,758	. . . . .	464,141	. . . . .	466,899	. . . . .	466,899	815,613
Internal Services	365,560	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	365,560	. . . . .	365,560	358,907
Northern Land and Resources	213,875	. . . . .	1,136	78,459	293,469	. . . . .	293,469	175,972
Managing Individual Affairs	236,775	4,801	1,400	18,323	261,298	. . . . .	261,298	30,235
Co-operative Relationships	72,953	1,000	. . . . .	81,747	155,701	77,803	233,504	267,503
Community Investment	16,539	. . . . .	. . . . .	100,936	117,475	. . . . .	117,475	122,227
Responsible Federal Stewardship	31,609	. . . . .	. . . . .	81,132	112,741	. . . . .	112,741	57,927
Healthy Northern Communities	48,322	. . . . .	48,275	4,805	101,402	. . . . .	101,402	94,131
Individual and Community Business
Development	10,428	. . . . .	. . . . .	45,704	56,132	. . . . .	56,132	45,593
First Nations Governance over Land,
Resources and the Environment	11,343	. . . . .	. . . . .	12,287	23,629	. . . . .	23,629	25,485
Clarity of Title to Land and Resources	12,135	630	5,820	. . . . .	18,585	. . . . .	18,585	10,945
Northern Governance	10,482	. . . . .	. . . . .	7,379	17,861	. . . . .	17,861	22,029
M�tis and non-status Indian
Organizational Capacity
Development	2,655	. . . . .	. . . . .	12,069	14,724	. . . . .	14,724	14,605
Urban Aboriginal Strategy	3,648	. . . . .	. . . . .	9,870	13,518	. . . . .	13,518	13,333
M�tis Rights Management	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	11,885
Northern Economy	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	1,939
	1,112,909	6,431	971,836	5,132,211	7,223,387	77,803	7,301,190	6,933,948

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Grants
Grants to First Nations to settle specific claims negotiated by Canada and/
or awarded by the Specific Claims Tribunal	250,000,000	250,000,000
Grant for Band Support Funding	232,433,805	232,741,084
Grants to support First Nations, Inuit, Tribal Councils, Organizations
or other levels of government for the implementation activities as
stipulated in the various agreements	125,555,341	113,486,000
Payments to self-governing Aboriginal organizations, pursuant to
comprehensive land claims agreements, self-government agreements
or treaty legislation	91,090,981	80,391,000
(S) Grants to Aboriginal organizations designated to receive claim
settlement payments pursuant to Comprehensive Land Claim
Settlement Acts	67,970,146	65,525,000
Payments to Yukon First Nations pursuant to individual self-government
agreements	58,051,524	54,167,263
Grants to the Government of the Northwest Territories and the
Government of Nunavut for health care of Indians and Inuit	48,275,000	47,328,000
Grant for Mi'kmaq Education in Nova Scotia	37,178,921	35,431,000
(S) Grant to the Nunatsiavut Government for the implementation of the
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement pursuant to the Labrador
Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act	17,987,000	17,987,000
Grants to provide income support to indigent on-reserve residents	10,000,000	10,000,000
Grant to the Miawpukek Indian Band to support designated programs	9,631,000	9,442,000
Grants to support the beneficiaries/organizations for the settlement of
specific and special claims	7,612,860	6,792,667
Grants to the Sechelt Indian Band pursuant to the Sechelt Self-
Government Act	4,508,956	4,420,096
Grant to the Westbank First Nation to support the implementation of the
Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement	4,505,586	4,375,000
Grants to Indians and Inuit to support their post-secondary educational
advancement	1,500,000	1,500,000
(S) Indian Annuities Treaty payments	1,400,000	1,400,000
Payments to the Government of the Northwest Territories to facilitate the
implementation of comprehensive land claim agreements	1,267,964	1,243,000
Grant for the advancement of scientific knowledge of the North	1,136,000	1,136,000
Grants to participating First Nations and the First Nation Education
Authority pursuant to the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in
British Columbia Act	600,000	600,000
Grant to the First Nations Finance Authority pursuant to the First Nations
Fiscal and Statistical Management Act	500,000	500,000
Grants to British Columbia Indian bands in lieu of a per capita annuity	300,000	300,000
Grants to Indians and Inuit to provide elementary and secondary
educational support services	150,000	150,000
Grants to students and their chaperons to promote fire protection
awareness in band and federally operated schools	136,000	136,000
Grants to Inuit to support their cultural advancement	45,000	45,000
Total grants	971,836,084	939,096,110
Contributions
*Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying
public services in education	1,579,912,885	1,533,917,473
*Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying
public services in social development	1,475,231,271	1,436,250,000
*Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying
public services in capital facilities and maintenance	1,267,475,619	1,043,062,000
Contributions to beneficiaries and various implementing bodies for
implementing comprehensive land claim agreements	184,955,078	180,972,000
*Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying
public services in Indian government support	110,129,693	110,464,000
*Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying
public services in economic development	102,936,012	109,002,000
Contribution for promoting the safe use, development, conservation and
protection of the North's natural resources	82,163,500	35,391,500
Contributions to First Nations for the management of contaminated sites	54,181,214	9,077,000
Contributions to support the negotiation process for comprehensive,
specific, and special claims and self-government initiatives	49,324,000	47,954,000
Contributions under the Aboriginal Business Canada Program	45,704,000	37,250,000
Contributions to support the building of strong governance, administrative
and accountability systems	39,532,000	40,058,000
Contributions for the purpose of consultation and policy development	26,183,600	21,402,000
Contributions to First Nations Institutions for the purpose of enhancing
good governance	12,434,000	12,294,000
Contributions to Indian bands for land and estates management	11,994,621	13,191,000
Contributions to support the basic organizational capacity of
representative Aboriginal organizations	10,928,000	10,928,000
Urban Aboriginal Strategy	9,870,000	9,870,000
Contributions to implement the First Nations Land Management Act	9,851,892	13,848,000
Contributions for emergency management assistance for activities on
reserves	9,736,000	9,526,000
Contributions to Indian bands for registration administration	8,400,767	8,930,969
Contributions for former students, their families, communities and groups
of individuals for the purpose of facilitating regional or national
Commemoration projects that address the Indian Residential Schools
experience and provide the opportunity to share the initiative with
family and community	8,000,000	5,000,000
Office of the Federal Interlocutor for M�tis and Non-status Indians
– Contributions to support the basic organizational capacity of
representative Aboriginal organizations	6,565,000	6,565,000
Contributions to Indian Bands for Land Management Capacity Building	6,246,800	. . . . .
Federal Interlocutor's Contribution Program	5,504,000	13,504,000
Contributions for enhancing the financial management capability and
networking facilities of the Government of Nunavut	5,500,000	10,300,000
Contributions to First Nations, their organizations, provinces and third
parties for Interim Measures and British Columbia Treaty Related
Measures	3,030,000	7,810,000
Contributions for promoting the political, social and scientific
development of Canada's three territories	2,316,000	2,547,000
Contributions for Groups of Indian Residential School survivors
who wish to resolve their claim as a group under the Independent
Assessment Process	1,250,000	500,000
Contributions to the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation	817,000	817,000
Contributions to provincially and/or regionally based Treaty Commissions	750,000	750,000
Contributions for the legal and associated costs of Indian-related cases
having the potential to become judicial precedents	750,000	750,000
Contributions to the Inuit Art Foundation for the purpose of assisting Inuit
artists and artisans from the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Northern
Quebec and Labrador in the development of their professional skills
and marketing of their art	458,000	458,000
Contribution for Inuit counselling in the South	80,000	80,000
Total contributions	5,132,210,952	4,732,468,942
Items not required
Payments to the Cree of Quebec respecting matters arising from the
implementation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement	. . . . .	100,000,000
Contributions for promoting regional development in Canada's three
territories	. . . . .	1,157,000
Total items not required	. . . . .	101,157,000
Total	6,104,047,036	5,772,722,052

* Recipients obtain funding through a variety of arrangements including contributions, flexible transfer payments and alternative funding arrangements. In the latter case a global amount is provided to First Nations for a range of basic services; accordingly, the amounts displayed should be considered estimates only.

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Strategic Outcome

Developed and diversified territorial economies that support prosperity for all Northerners.

Program Activity Descriptions

Community Development

Supports community-level investments in infrastructure and organizations, and individual-level investments in skills and capacity development.

The program activity's objective is the establishment of economically sustainable Northern communities with a high quality of life for residents.

Business Development

Supports the growth and expansion of northern businesses, including small and medium enterprises, through training, advisory services, and grants and contributions.

The program activity's objective is the encouragement of a competitive, diverse Northern business sector with a strengthened capacity for innovation.

Policy, Advocacy and Coordination

Supports research and analysis to guide programming and policy choices, the promotion of northern interests both inside and outside of the federal government, and the development of horizontal strategies, initiatives and projects to address economic development challenges in the North.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2010–11 Main Estimates			2009–10
	Budgetary		Total	Main
	Operating	Contributions		Estimates
		and other
		transfer
		payments
Community Development	3,811	44,012	47,823	. . . . .
Business Development	3,856	2,300	6,156	. . . . .
Policy, Advocacy and Coordination	5,473	. . . . .	5,473	. . . . .
Internal Services	1,751	. . . . .	1,751	. . . . .
	14,890	46,312	61,203	. . . . .

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Contributions
Contributions for promoting regional development in Canada's three
territories	33,842,234	. . . . .
Payments to support Indians, Inuit and Innu for the purpose of supplying
public services in economic development	9,500,000	. . . . .
Contributions under the Aboriginal Business Canada Program	2,300,000	. . . . .
Contributions under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada Program	670,060	. . . . .
Total contributions	46,312,294	. . . . .

Canadian Polar Commission

Strategic Outcome

Increased Canadian polar knowledge.

Program Activity Descriptions

Research Facilitation and Communication

Research facilitation and communication.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2010–11 Main Estimates			2009–10
	Budgetary		Total	Main
	Operating	Contributions		Estimates
		and other
		transfer
		payments
Research Facilitation and Communication	785	10	795	773
Internal Services	221	. . . . .	221	215
	1,006	10	1,016	988

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Transfer Payments

(dollars)	2010–11	2009–10
	Main Estimates	Main Estimates
Contributions
Contributions to individuals, organizations, associations and institutions
to support research and activities relating to the polar regions	10,000	10,000
Total contributions	10,000	10,000

First Nations Statistical Institute

Strategic Outcome

First Nations, governments and other interested parties will have accurate, and relevant statistical information and analysis on the fiscal, economic and social conditions of First Nations.

Program Activity Descriptions

Data Gathering and Analysis

Provide statistics and analysis on the socio-economic conditions of Indians, First Nations, Aboriginal groups, and others residing on reserve or Aboriginal lands.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2010–11 Main Estimates		2009–10
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Data Gathering and Analysis	5,000	5,000	4,700
Sound Quality and Practices	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
Outreach	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	5,000	5,000	4,700

Notes:

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

The total resources have all been reflected against the Data Gathering and Analysis Program Activity in advance of completion of the Corporate Plan by the First Nations Statistical Institute. The Corporate Plan will provide further details regarding the breakout by Program Activity.

Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Strategic Outcome

Disclosure and recognition of the truth regarding Indian Residential Schools furthers healing and reconciliation for the individuals and communities affected.

Program Activity Descriptions

Truth and Reconciliation

This program supports the research, truth, healing and commemoration undertakings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This program, which is part of Canada's obligations under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, will include the creation of a historic record of the Indian Residential Schools system and legacy, as well as truth taking, healing and commemoration events. This program has funding for five years, after which it will wind down.

Strategic Outcome

The following program activity supports all strategic outcomes within this organization.

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2010–11 Main Estimates		2009–10
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Truth and Reconciliation	13,955	13,955	16,425
Internal Services	1,360	1,360	2,160
	15,315	15,315	18,585

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal

Strategic Outcome

Efficient administration of the Specific Claims Tribunal.

Program Activity Descriptions

Registry Services

Facilitates timely access to the Specific Claims Tribunal through client service, quality of advice, and efficient and timely processing, and unbiased service delivery.

Program by Activities

(thousands of dollars)	2010–11 Main Estimates		2009–10
	Budgetary	Total	Main
	Operating		Estimates
Registry Services	2,840	2,840	2,568
	2,840	2,840	2,568

Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding..

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