Veterans Affairs committee  I want to mention a story that I heard from Cliff Chadderton. He was in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, and he had a lot of Métis in his platoon and regiment. They were excellent snipers and great soldiers. He said that after the war, everybody was anxious to get back home and get b

Veterans Affairs committee  That's a good question. In the world of aboriginal people in Canada, when you hear about huge amounts of money being spent, that's for Indian Act bands and reserves. That's where the majority of the money goes, and non-status Indians and Métis are simply left with the.... There a

Veterans Affairs committee  Number 15 is what you'd like an explanation on, I understand.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I think NAVA is recommending that officials within VAC work with aboriginal people, with aboriginal veterans, to prepare guidelines on how a culturally sensitive long-term care program could be put together. That would seem to me to be a very rudimentary approach to this, an

Veterans Affairs committee  This is a very important point. We were talking earlier about the aboriginal veteran going into a long-term care facility. It's quite a shock for anyone to go into a long-term care facility, let alone someone who is aboriginal. You may have been an elder in the community, and now

Veterans Affairs committee  I'd be glad to answer that question. The essence of the complaint was that aboriginal veterans were unable to qualify for the benefits under the Veterans Charter of 1945.

Veterans Affairs committee  The core of the NAVA membership complaint is that there was a lack of understanding of the pre-war conditions that the Métis and non-status Indians had lived in. There were low levels of literacy and numeracy, and poor education. More importantly, there was even a lack of inter

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Oh, I'm sorry. Traditional foods would be deer, moose, wild salmon, rabbit. It would vary across the country and according to the aboriginal group you're dealing with--Métis, Inuit, those on reserves. I think that's the best way I can answer your question.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think for the credibility of an exercise like the one being undertaken, it has to have aboriginal engagement and aboriginal people speaking on those issues. Ideally, aboriginal veterans would speak for themselves. That would be the purest form. As you've heard Cla

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll be glad to answer that question. I just want to take one step back. When the aboriginal veteran goes into long-term care or into a hospital or something, it's quite a shock going from the aboriginal environment into the, for the sake of a better word, mainstream environment

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon, Chairman Anders and committee members. I would like to thank you for inviting NAVA to be here today. l am honoured to be here beside Claude Petit, a Métis veteran, who at 16 years of age was in combat in Korea as a member of the Princess Patricia Canadian Light I