If we knew about some problems in 1996 and didn't take any steps over a five-year period to address those concerns, and then signed a five-year, $7 million-plus agreement in July 2000 without undertaking any kind of an audit or a thorough review of the situation, something seems to be wrong in your department. Regrettably, the way things have been left, I think it's the first nations communities
that are taking the heat and the blame for the problems that have emerged, yet it seems every time we try to get to the bottom of this, really the question is lack of accountability from within the department, a lack of resources to help the firs
...[+++]t nations community administer the programs, and a lack of assistance in terms of best management practices.
Si l'on était au courant de divers problèmes, dès 1996, et que, malgré tout, l'on n'a pris aucune mesure depuis cinq ans pour essayer de les régler et, qu'en outre, en juillet 2000, on a signé une entente quinquennale portant sur l'octroi de plus de 7 millions de dollars de subventions, sans entreprendre la moindre vérification ou faire un examen approfondi de la situation, il semble que ça ne tourne pas rond dans votre ministère.
