Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, and that’s part of the work we did when we did the review. One of the challenges that we face in the communities is that they may want the equipment that they need, but there’s some training capacity. They need some training. There was also a liability issue. We’ve actually had a community sell an ambulance that they had bought, when they realized there was a huge liability without the proper training. We’ve tried to make training available through the School of Community Government. I think in conjunction with DOT, we’ve made some training available to help...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, INAC provides a contribution of about $240,000. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The research may be finishing, but there is still a bit of work that needs to be done. As I said before, once we get that work completed, we will share it with Members, and then we will determine next steps from there with the input from the Members. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I agree with the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are just trying to gather that information. Thank you, Mr. Chair. As it says here, we have an annual budget of $350,000. This is unchanged obviously. We had 21 applications received for support. As to what we actually paid out, nine applications were approved for a total of $312,523. These are the ones that met the criteria, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will refer that to Mr. Kalgutkar. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we’re just trying to pull out that information, but I can assure the Member it wasn’t fully subscribed to. We will get the exact number, the exact amount, and we’ll share it with the Member. If I talk long enough, they might be able to pull it up in the briefing notes. I’ll just let you know that the NHL draft is tonight and we’re hoping that Toronto makes a good pick and can plan their Stanley Cup parade for next year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

---Laughter

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are developing training manuals for bands in partnership with INAC. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is no definite date yet. It is kind of a long-term project. I will keep Members up to date as to the work that we do. If we do have any definite timelines, I will definitely share them with the Members. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the community can apply to get an ambulance out of their CPI funding that we provide to them, as well as trying to access some of this funding. Again, the challenge is, as I mentioned before, we had a community who bought an ambulance and realized that they didn’t have the training and there was a liability issue so they actually sold the ambulance to one of the larger communities. We’re trying to address the challenge to ensure our communities are trained. I think once they realize that they’re adequately trained then they may go the next step and look at...