Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With that, our people have suffered generations of division. That's what the Indian Act has done for years. Even when there's a real sense of community on a broader basis, when those divisions are entrenched, generation after generation, it takes a long time to heal and to rebuil

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The unfortunate reality also is that when you're at the bottom end of the social scale, and social issues, social conditions, and health issues remain, there is some comfort taken in what little comes about. That is an unfortunate and sad reality. Those people really, in many ins

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Unfortunately, too, what happens there is that when you deal with education, which is a provincial jurisdiction, the types of programs, services, or assistance to a certain class of people, if you will, is based on low incomes, which is primarily our people. Statistics show, stud

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Culture is the fundamental aspect of your whole learning system. If you can't incorporate culture with the education programs and systems, then there are going to be problems. That's what I'm talking about fundamentally.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for that note, Mr. Chairman. Members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak with you concerning the Daniels case and section 91.24 of the Constitution Act, 1867. This