Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the minister of Indian affairs told the House that the charter of rights and freedoms applies to all Canadians. The question is: Does it apply to all governments? The Constitution says the charter applies to the federal and provincial governments

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Could the minister update the House on the status of the Lubicon land claim in Alberta?

Aboriginal Affairs  . The treaty provides that there can be no amendment without the consent of the Nisga'a, a significant derogation of the sovereignty of Canada. The Indian affairs minister had one chance to get this treaty right and she blew it. She knows it and she knows that it will take more than

Aboriginal Affairs   who have testified against him are threatened, intimidated and denied band funds. The band members have petitioned Indian affairs to remove the convicted sex offender. They fear for themselves, their families and their children. So far as we know the minister has done nothing

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege with regard to a Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade departmental briefing that took place on February 19 at 5 p.m. with industry officials and separately with the media concerning discussions about the softwood

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the deal is signed but I want to tell the House what the problem is. The department of Indian affairs and the department of fisheries cannot agree on what the treaty means for fish. Why did this government sign a deal when it did not know what it meant? Why

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. The minister has a responsibility to disclose his views on the Nisga'a treaty, yet he sat here during three days of questions and did not answer any of them. This treaty creates a new Nisga'a state

Committees of the House   and in the world. We would all be better off for it. There is a massive waste in Indian Affairs. There is a half billion dollar registry for duck hunters. As well, the government still owns a $2 billion stake in Petro-Canada and Hibernia, even though it promised years ago that it would sell

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for his question. It is a matter with which both of us are much concerned. However I will have to ask him not to shoot the messenger as I read the response I have from Natural Resources Canada.

Yukon Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the remarks of my colleague across the floor. I thought I should perhaps suggest that he was a bit inaccurate when he said that the Kaska were not allowed to come forward. They were invited along with the premier and any others in Yukon. They did not get

Air-India Disaster   of Belledune does not need the harbour pilots and the port of Saint John does? For example, in February we learned of a decision by public works to borrow $12 million to build a new office complex in the riding of the Indian affairs minister, even though the office building vacancy rate

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The issue of housing and homelessness has been a very important topic of discussion, especially this week. Our aboriginal peoples are in dire need of adequate

Finance   among aboriginals both on reserve and off reserve. I sit on the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. The Assembly of First Nations came before the committee in April this past year. It made the observation in its report that the average income

Yukon Act  Mr. Speaker, my sincerest hope and wish is that the agreement be successful and that the Yukon instead of being a have not area, which it may well be now considering the responsibilities that the Department of Indian affairs and Northern Development has there, may well become

John Pahapill   communities. CESO is supported by CIDA, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and hundreds of Canadian corporations and individuals. We applaud the volunteer work that Mr. Pahapill and the CESO organization are doing in eastern Europe to help those economies make