Mr. Chair, could the minister tell us how many facilities offer second stage housing on reserve for indigenous women?
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Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, could the minister tell us how many facilities offer second stage housing on reserve for indigenous women?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I know that the minister often refers to the Conservatives' action plan, but he never says that the action plan was not developed in partnership with the stakeholders. That is unfortunate, and it is why this will not work this time around.
Can the minister tell us how funding for shelters on reserve differs from funding for shelters off reserve?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, earlier he refused to call the missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls a national tragedy; he just called it an important question. What are the department's top priorities in addressing the root causes of violence against indigenous women?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, I have a specific question about the department's criteria. Many aboriginal organizations across the country depend on funding allocated on the basis of criteria that the minister uses to recognize a representative aboriginal organization.
Where are those criteria published, and who made the decision to no longer recognize, for example—I am choosing an organization at random—Quebec Native Women?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, does the minister truly believe that first nation kids are retiring at 18 years old to go on welfare, as he said in New Brunswick?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, may I ask how much the department has spent fighting these survivors in court?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, will the department allocate further funding to compensate survivors of other social experiments, like the experimental Eskimos and the children of the Sixties Scoop, who have been fighting for recognition and compensation in the courts?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, as the TRC is coming to a close, will the department allocate further funding to compensate other survivors, first nations, Métis and Inuit, who attended provincial or privately-run residential and day schools and sanatoriums?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, what a claim.
Does the minister believe that the Supreme Court of Canada erred in Tsilhqot'in when it ruled that aboriginal title holders have a constitutional right to decide whether or not to give consent?
Since he does not appear to have read the rulings, I will remind him that in Tsilhqot'in, the Supreme Court refers to the notion of consent in nine paragraphs and even refers to the notion of control over resources and lands in 11 paragraphs.
Did the Supreme Court err in this ruling?
Business of Supply May 13th, 2015
Mr. Chair, that is what the bill was supposed to do as well.
Does the minister believe that the rights of aboriginal peoples are incompatible with the rights of other Canadians, as he said in the House on March 13?