Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're wasting three or four minutes just interrupting me. I could probably have been done already.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's all I was going to say, Mr. Chairman. We told the Prime Minister that we have inherent rights and responsibilities that are existing in the spirit and intent of the treaties, and these provide for the sustained existence of our nations. When the spirit and intent of the t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Meegwetch. [Witness speaks in his native language] Good afternoon, committee members. Thank you for inviting me to provide you with evidence again on this important topic of study. As was indicated, my name is Angus Toulouse, and I'm the regional chief for the Chiefs of Ont

Status of Women committee  Just a quick comment on the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the resources. There really is still a need. I think to say that all of a sudden, boom, you're healed...that's not happening in our first nations communities. There is the real need to recognize that once those resourc

Status of Women committee  Can I just say that a number of reports have been made recently, I know, in terms of the policing end of things and some of the inequities that are there. It captures, I'm sure, the need for services for first nations women. MP Rickford talked about some of the good programs and

Status of Women committee  I won't take up too much time. I'll let others speak. The cultural relevancy is really important for the organizations to offer the kinds of services they have, and it has to come from here. To parachute somebody in to help with the solution is not the answer. I think the expert

Status of Women committee  What many of the first nations communities have said is that the government has made market housing available, which does not work in many of the remote communities. It may work partially in southern Ontario when they're right near a major centre or city where there is a lot of a

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'm going to leave my notes with you, but I'll read that third recommendation again, which is that the Government of Canada jointly establish an independent public commission of inquiry into the missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada. As I said, I will leave

Status of Women committee  I'll probably take six and I'll give my colleague the other two.

Status of Women committee  Good morning, committee members. [Witness speaks in Ojibwe] I'm here today on behalf of the chiefs in Ontario. I thank you for the invitation to appear before you on this important matter. I'll begin by making some general comments on the issue of violence against indigenous w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As far as I know there are no resources. What I do recall, having being the former chief of one of those communities that had a membership code, is that there were a lot of problems with the code that could easily be challenged by the Canadian Human Rights Act. What the community

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just have a couple of quick comments. Concerning government recommendations generally, first nations collectively and individually are developing, rebuilding, or revitalizing their nations. What they're saying is that this requires Canada to desist from any activity or legisl

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I'm from Sagamok Anishnawbek, on the north shores of Lake Huron. I'm here on behalf of the Chiefs of Ontario. Thanks for the invitation to appear before you on this important matter. Canada's proposed amendments to address the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decis

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Is there going to be a significant change the minute we have this new bill? I can't see that it's going to change into something the next day. Right now, as I said earlier, with respect to first nation governments and first nation organizations, for the most part, as far as indiv

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I indicated earlier, if afforded the time to work on this, with adequate resources, yes, we can deal with those issues. Again, those other reports talked about a three-year timeframe to deal with outstanding matters. It's still something that I am saying. Along with the cond