Patty Hajdu at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On February 11th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 11th, 2022 / 1:25 p.m.

Liberal

Patty Hajdu Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON

Maybe I can offer some general comments and then turn to Deputy Fox for some specifics on that particular research point.

I will just say that this government is historically investing in data and research that's indigenous-driven, -owned and -led. That is an important piece of work. In fact, for far too long, we've been working with gaps in data that are significant and a lack of investment in indigenous data that is indigenous-led through the principles of OCAP. This government has a plan to do that. It had an extremely aggressive investment in budget 2021 to be able to do that.

Maybe I can turn to Deputy Fox to talk a bit about the specifics around this particular research point.

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