Mr. Speaker, I believe that I wrote to the Member responding to his letter requesting that the band be reimbursed for the costs that they incurred while searching for the lost persons.
Under the present policy, the emergency measures has limited assistance that they could give to the community's search. At the present time, the department has no resources to assist the band, although I have pointed out in my letter to the Member, that if the community could talk to the Regional Director, we could review the situation again. Thank you.