Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At the Union of Ontario Indians, we rejected the process of the consultation through the AFN and the federal government. We undertook to go through our own consultation process, which we did in a period of about six months. We developed our own law on matrimonial real property th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to jump in on this one. There may be a flood, but it's an issue that is very complex in that most communities across Canada are still under the Indian Act. The Indian Act is an outdated piece of legislation that really keeps us poor. Until we start getting into a self-

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Some communities probably do have academics. I know that many communities will require the students to have a minimum grade point average to carry on. Initially, it just could be all over the place. But mostly, it's that the people who live on the first nation come first.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It could very well be, yes. Normally what would happen, and I've seen it happen several times, is that the student who was turned down would actually make a presentation to chief and council and present a case to chief and council. In my own community this happened several years

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  At the Union of Ontario Indians we believe that section 67 should be repealed. We see no problem with it being repealed. We're just looking at the aspect of how it's implemented, the timeframe of implementation, the capacity to have what we consider a local dispute resolution pro

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I guess that's one of the aspects that concerns me in terms of the right to education. The right to education is ameliorated by the aspect that there are not enough dollars to go around. Most communities have long waiting lists of students who wish to partake of the post-sec

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I think the duty to consult does go beyond just going out to band councils. The whole idea or concept of collective rights is very important to us. Deputy Grand Chief Archibald talked about the aspect of survival, that it's based upon collective wel

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I talked about it earlier, that there have been many processes set up in first nations right across the country that may not fall within the confines of the present human rights legislation, and it really deals with the paucity of resources available to these communities. There a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with my colleague wholeheartedly, and I'll just add a little bit to that. The aspect that occurred prior to recent Supreme Court decisions has always been the government telling us what to do, the government letting us know what is best for us, and then asking afterwards,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My colleague asked me to go first, so I will. I agree that six months is not adequate. At least 30 months is required to look at moving into this new regime. When we did our community consultation on matrimonial property we went out to nine different locations and took into acco

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. The thoughts on that are quite complex and probably go back many years, as to what band councils have to do to set policies and procedures in their communities for housing, post-secondary education, and any of the services that are provided to their members

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here. I'd like to start out first by saying that the Union of Ontario Indians, the Anishinabek Nation, supports the repeal of section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. There is a process that we must follow. Overall, we don't suppor

Finance committee  Yes, it is. I guess one of the things we're looking at is to create more initiative on the part of first nations to solve their own problems. We're looking at years and years of Indian Affairs and CMHC providing housing to first nations, and we know it doesn't work. Our proposal

Finance committee  Taxation shouldn't really bother our communities that much in that we're paying taxes through the treaties and the sharing of the land. We would like the treaties to be followed; then we would be very well off.