It's huge. What's the best way out of poverty? Good education. We say, as indigenous peoples, that we walk in both worlds. We need to be strong on literacy and numeracy, and science and math, and all the above, but equally important on the other hand are our languages, our ceremonies, our traditions, and our customs. We're balancing by walking in both worlds. We need investments from K-12, but we also need investments in post-secondary education. We have 10,000 students on the wait list, and that has to be addressed in this upcoming budget. We need to find that balance by walking in both worlds. That's why we support the Six Nations Polytechnic and the First Nations University of Canada, because again it's indigenous learning and indigenous knowledge. It's walking both worlds, so it's key. It's a way out of poverty.
On September 28th, 2016. See this statement in context.