Finance committee  To answer your question, yes and no. A direct funding relationship is what we would want or what we would see, but we would see it as an added segment or a third segment of the existing education system. Right now, we have colleges and universities. We would like to see aborigin

Finance committee  There have been statistics done on age of population. I think over 50% of the aboriginal population is under the age of 25; it's something like that.

Finance committee  That's a huge number. I don't know if I can answer your question directly, other than that. I don't know if that helps. It's significant.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank the committee for giving me the opportunity to address the issues we have. I'm the chair for the national association, which is an organization established in early 2000 to support the recognition and resourcing of indigenous-controlled

Finance committee  Thanks for the question. The recommendation for increased PSE funding is somewhere in the neighbourhood of $50 million. Under the PSE program, there's a program called ISSP, which can funnel to our institutes. About $15 million of that $50 million would be an infusion of fundin

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, honourable members of Parliament. I'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to address the committee today. I'll start off by introducing myself. My name is Trevor Lewis, and I'm here representing the National Association of Indigenous Insti

Finance committee  I'll get right to the recommendations then. What we would like to see immediately is a cost-volume adjustment to the overall PSE program, which can be funnelled through our institutes, to ensure that the spending power is consistent with 1996 levels. I would also like to encour