Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You have to address the whole family. We're talking of intergenerational dysfunctionality, to put it bluntly. These are issues that are being dealt with through the truth and reconciliation forum, too, that's ongoing right now. What has occurred over decades is not going to dis

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe that's the responsibility of the parents, and that's the responsibility of the community working together, along with the services that are provided, to change their circumstances.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not that I'm aware of at this point. In preparation for this presentation, I looked to see if there in fact had been some work done on that particular issue. It seems that when children are apprehended off reserve, the ethnic background of the child is really not noted in some pr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Some of our provincial and territorial organizations will partner with some of the communities in their provinces, or they sit on various committees within the provinces to deal with those issues.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In Nova Scotia, they have what they call a family social worker who works with families that are off reserve. If a child is removed from a reserve, they're able to facilitate and help place the child with an aboriginal family. They have safe houses for families.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If it's safe.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe there certainly has to be a minimum standard set right across Canada for all children, regardless of whether they're aboriginal or not aboriginal. There has to be a minimum standard. But then the standards can be built on by each provincial government to suit the geogra

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Most definitely it is, and that's an issue we've always advocated. In New Brunswick we developed what they called “family enhancement” whereby we would bring all the services together to address the whole family. We felt that by investing up front we could possibly stop the pro

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, I was not aware that they had in fact joined at this point. The last I had heard was that there were still the three provinces, which had not yet signed on.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our community doesn't believe the aboriginal child living off reserve is receiving proper care from provincial services.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon to the members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. It is an honour to speak to this committee on the traditional ancestral homelands of the Algonquin people. I am a Mi'kmaq woman who

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Through reviewing the chapter of the Auditor General's report focused on the first nation child and family services program offered through the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, which I will refer to as INAC for the remainder of this presentation, I have several concerns

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're correct. We're prepared to support Bill C-3, based on the fact that we have been told there will be a supporting process that will give us the opportunity to have input from the ground up. We only had measured input on this document because of the timeframe and the amount

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You heard right.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a starter.