British Home Child Day   of boys and girls arrived on Vancouver Island at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, near Duncan, B.C. Canadians were falsely led to believe these children were orphans who had been living on the streets of British cities, but in truth only 2% were. Most of the children came

Status of Women committee  , a family, and as a community. Further a healthy community is a violence-free community. That's why friendship centres like the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax deliver a domestic violence support program in partnership with the province of Nova Scotia and community

Environment committee  I'm speaking now, John. Give me the courtesy of articulating what is in the hearts of many of us at this table, and that is about the sham of a process that we're going through. We have many more amendments—you can see them right here—that we still have to go through

Federal Sustainable Development Act  . The recipients stabilized and revegetated stream shoreline areas with native plant species and encouraged the community to become stewards of those streams. Educating landowners and others through these actions was a main component of the program. That, again, resulted in a more sustainable

Industry committee  Welcome, everybody, to meeting 104 of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Today, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), we will be reviewing the main estimates related to the Department of Industry. Today we have with us the Honourable Kirsty Duncan

Procedure and House Affairs committee   back and look at an article from 1978. This was prior to some of these debates we've had about the Lefebvre and McGrath committees. There was an MP by the name of John Reid, who was the MP for Kenora—Rainy River. He delivered a speech at the University of Victoria to a national

Agriculture committee  It's interesting that two major energy companies in Alberta are funding that project as a way of reclaiming oil well sites by bringing those native grasslands back. I think that also shows that there is a good diversity of companies and groups that are funding that type

Ed Nelson   for a grazing co-op, purchasing what is now the world-renowned Waldron Ranch, which includes precious native fescue grassland. Revered for his stubborn battles with the Canadian Wheat Board, Ed was a hero to Canadian farmers. In 1987, he was a founding member of the Reform Party

British Home Child Day   shed his English accent and never spoke of his native country, even in spite of the fact that we had English neighbours in Deep River. It amazes me to this day that there were no slip-ups when speaking with the neighbours. I would also like to share a few other brief stories from

Fisheries committee   of that program. We were following all the guidelines and doing what we were supposed to do. Then we found out that some of the quota we could have gotten went to other bands, and that when they get it, all they do is flip it to non-native fishermen. We have the biggest fishing fleet

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. My name is Keith Maracle. I'm a Mohawk from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in the Deseronto-Shannonville area. I've worked in native housing since 1974. The First Nations National Building Officers Association was formed in 2003. When working with some

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   plans to hold treaty negotiations the following spring, the first nations of the region became increasingly angry over the influx of miners. As the Ottawa Citizen reported: There are 500 Indians camped at Fort St. John who refuse to let police and miners go further north until

Environment committee  We would like to propose a subamendment to simply change “environment” on line 15 to “sustainable development” as Ms. Duncan has suggested, but then to delete the rest of the proposal.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much for your question, Mr. Long. I'm actually a native of Saint John and a proud graduate of Saint John High School. It's nice to speak with you. We are trying to track the technology that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is acquiring. One of the main areas

Contribution of Ranchers and Farmers   of food. Palliser's Triangle, or the area of the Prairies in southeastern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan today, was named after the British captain, John Palliser. He explored the prairie region in the 1840s for the British government, and he was not impressed with the potential