The Mohawks at Bay of Quinte have a number of youth counsellors. One is a close friend of mine. When there are youth he finds who are kind of heading toward trouble, he will have weekends when he takes them back to the land. He calls them “back to the land”. They spend a weekend and camp out on the land and have a fire. All cellphones and electronic stuff are gone. It's just him and the youth. There might be a couple of them around the campfire just talking about what's bothering them, what's making them angry, or the issues they're struggling with.
I had the good fortune of going to Haida Gwaii and meeting with the Haida Gwaii Watchmen. Steven Nitah has come to our environment committee, and I've met with him and talked about the rangers. I've met with Valérie Courtois, who is leading the charge on the guardians front.
There is this whole notion of getting indigenous peoples back to the land. Do we need long-term stable funding to bring these types of long-term programs to indigenous peoples because of the positive benefits they provide?