Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks, National Chief. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. I would have to go back and begin with the Wen:de report and the work we did jointly with the Department of Indian Affairs on Wen:de. At that point in time we were, as Cindy and as the national chief have menti

Human Resources committee  Oh, I'd have to see the amendment first, but it sounds like you're on the right track, yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes. One of the things that document also talks about, though, is that there is a multitude of things that probably need to be brought to support the family. That would be one, and that would definitely help. But when you look at the level of poverty across the first nation com

Human Resources committee  Yes, we are. We're working with HRSDC, Indian and Northern Affairs, Health Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. We do have specific and very detailed research. The document you have in front of you relates to the child welfare situation. That is referring to the Wen:de series of reports for first nations child welfare agencies. It speaks to the main missing component, and tha

Human Resources committee  Essentially, what we would like to see, of course, as I mentioned earlier, is some consideration for targeting first nations funding in the area of child care, and if there is going to be an advisory body, having a first nations representative on that advisory council. We would

Human Resources committee  Actually, what I mentioned earlier was $100 million for northern children and families that was coming out of Kelowna. There was a previous commitment of $100 million that would have been targeted to south of 60, essentially, and that didn't materialize either. When the agreeme

Human Resources committee  Nothing.

Human Resources committee  Okay, thank you. But as I mentioned before, we are moving forward. In consultation with first nations stakeholders and the federal government, we have developed a first nations ECD policy framework that includes the principles of child development, culture and language, special

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank the committee as well for giving me some time this morning at the eleventh hour. We snuck in at the last minute to share some time with you this morning. As most of you know, the AFN, the Assembly of First Nations, is the national organiza