Evidence of meeting #7 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was covid-19.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Chief Perry Bellegarde  Assembly of First Nations
Natan Obed  President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
David Chartrand  Vice-President and National Spokesperson, Métis National Council
Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Evelyn Lukyniuk

4:10 p.m.

President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Natan Obed

The indigenous community support fund monies that were received by Inuit are not only for Inuit Nunangat communities, but for wherever Inuit live. Each of our four land claim regions has devised implementation programs and supports for urban Inuit.

There are other urban indigenous funds, but, again, the rollout could be quicker. There is a desperate need for more money for urban indigenous people writ large beyond just the Inuit communities. There are large urban Inuit communities in places such as Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton. It has been a challenge, and we have heard a lot of urban Inuit say that the money has not flowed fast enough. However, there are different programs and we have been able to access them, so there is some bridging of the need versus the [Inaudible—Editor].

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

I will end it there. That brings us to the end of our time. I'm sorry about the timing issues, but we'll get better at it as we go along, I'm sure.

Once again, thank you to our witnesses, Chief Perry Bellegarde, President Natan Obed, and vice-president and national spokesperson for the Métis National Council, David Chartrand.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 13 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The meeting is adjourned.