Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We reiterate the comments that have been made by some of the previous chiefs, particularly in regard to one judge being appointed. We find that's totally unacceptable. The political accords oftentimes are not lived up to by the Government of Canada. A good example is the Kelowna

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sge:no swa:gwego, hello, bonjour. Greetings from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte to the members of the House of Commons gathered here. Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte are part of the Mohawk Nation within the Six Nations Confederacy. We are one of the Six Nations communities associ

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On our concerns with the proposed legislation, when we were informed about the development of new legislation to replace the specific claims policy and we heard the AFN was going to be involved in drafting the legislation, we anticipated a draft piece of legislation that would ad

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Recommendation number 11 is that an independent panel consist of at least three judges. Recommendation number 12 is that at least one judge of the tribunal be an aboriginal judge. Recommendation number 13 is that funding be decided and provided by an independent body. Recommen