Mr. Speaker, I am always pleased to apply and will be voting yes.
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Appropriation Act No. 3, 2018-19 December 5th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I am always pleased to apply and will be voting yes.
Indigenous Affairs December 5th, 2018
Mr. Speaker,
[Member spoke in Cree]
[English]
Last week, in response to my question, the Prime Minister said that all parties that are supposed to be at the table for the two Dene treaties are at the table. He was wrong.
Since 1975, every modern land claims agreement in Canada has involved the province or territory where the lands in question are located. Further, every modern land claims agreement in Canada's northern territories has involved three parties: the indigenous group, Canada and the government of the territory where the agreement is to operate.
The two Dene treaties affect jurisdictional authority and will result in financial obligations to the Government of Nunavut and will also require amendments to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. They cannot be implemented without the consent of the Government of Nunavut.
Given the legal precedents and subsequent jurisprudence, I call on the Government of Canada to do the right thing and immediately invite the Government of Nunavut to the table as a full participant and signatory, where they should be. The treaties will be stronger for it.
Indigenous Affairs November 28th, 2018
Mr. Speaker,
[Member spoke in Inuktitut]
[English]
My question is for the Prime Minister.
His government has refused to include the Government of Nunavut as a signatory to two Dene treaties. These treaties will infringe on and limit the territorial government's legislative authority. Observer status just does not cut it. The Government of Nunavut has to be a full participant. As the premier has said, the Government of Canada cannot simply shove this agreement down Nunavummiut's throat. This is unprecedented.
Will the Prime Minister tell this House why his government has excluded the Government of Nunavut as a signatory to these important treaties?
Canadian Accessibility Act November 27th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and will be voting yes.
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 November 27th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and will be voting no.
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 November 27th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and will be voting no.
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 November 27th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to apply and will vote no.
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 November 27th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I completely agree to apply and will vote no.
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 November 27th, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and will be voting no.
Indigenous Affairs November 23rd, 2018
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.
Campaign 2000's 2018 report card, released this week, shows that Nunavut's child poverty rate remains the highest in Canada: 34.8% for children under 18, and a staggering 42.5% for children under the age six. It cites systemic underfunding of programs and services for indigenous children as an underlying cause of this extreme poverty.
Will the minister work with the Government of Nunavut and provide funding based on actual needs, as the government has for first nations children?