Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   of Nunavut we could approve that, and we will bear the cost on compassionate grounds. In wrapping up my response, I'd like to mention that we have seen some improvements in this area through the Inuit child first initiative, which is a new and kind of exciting avenue for Inuit in terms

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's roughly 85% Inuit. Nunavut is overwhelmingly Inuit. I can get a more accurate number and get back to the committee in writing if that would help.

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1   lost 25,000 units a year. We are talking about over 750,000 units to this day in the shortfall of co-op housing. I was visiting my friends John and Beth last night, who live in co-op housing here in Ottawa. They received safe and secure housing. They were on a wait-list for four

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   or policies that they need to improve, including traditional healers or counsellors. Yes, it would be very beneficial for Inuit if our own counsellors and professionals could be paid the same rate and recognized as such. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   program are at the discretion of the Government of Canada, Nunavummiut employed by the Government of Nunavut are directly involved in delivery of this program and in turn advocate on behalf of Nunavut Inuit to improve access to non-insured health care services. Currently under

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021   on a “stop the harm” tour, listening to people in Victoria, Duncan, Nanaimo, Edmonton last week, Saskatoon and Toronto. I was in Montreal today, in my colleague's home province, listening to frontline people. I hope he does the same, because they will tell him it is an economic issue

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  . John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the land of the Beothuk. NWAC believes that addressing indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people's access to housing is a necessary step forward in addressing the ongoing process of genocide in Canada. It is important to ground the basic

Government Operations committee  Professor Choi, I'm going to go right back to you about the Arctic. You spoke earlier, in answer to a couple of questions, about ensuring that the military and civilian vessels help support Inuit and the communities in the north. Can you speak about the importance of consulting

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I come from a family who are interactive with the Métis, the Dene and the Inuit because our traditional territory went from Yellowknife all the way to the Arctic coast. Sir John Franklin was actually guided by our famous Chief Akaitcho up and down the coast, to Fort Chipewyan

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   communities. All indigenous people, Inuit, first nations and Métis have been here on these lands since time immemorial. The knowledge passed from generation to generation still exists in the first peoples. I remember and am reminded of John Amagoalik when he spoke to the Inuit Circumpolar

Veterans Affairs committee   today from the unceded and unsurrendered lands of Wolastoqey in what is known as Menahkwesk, now called the City of Saint John. My name is Todd Ross and I am co-chair of Rainbow Veterans of Canada. I am pleased to be here today to speak to you about service delivery for 2SLGBTQ

Government Operations committee   reconciliation strategy, specifically the commitment to hire and retain indigenous employees. What lessons has Canada Post learned about community engagement and working with others to make sure that first nations, Inuit and Métis are the beneficiaries of investments in their communities? Do

Questions Passed as Orders for Return   programs and alternative justice strategies for people accused and convicted of drug crimes, especially for First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; and (b) since 2015, how much funding has the government disbursed to provinces, territories and community-based organizations for substance

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   Camp Quin-Mo-Lac and many local charities. He would always tell people to sign their donor cards. My grandfather taught me tenacity. My father John Williams became the mayor of Quinte West for eight years and then was the honorary colonel of CFB 8 Wing in Trenton. My father passed

Flooding in British Columbia   be seized of this. This is a whole-of-government approach. I rarely urge the Government of Canada to consider something that a U.S. administration is doing, but the U.S. President has appointed John Kerry, who used to be secretary of state in the Obama administration, not as the head