Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I sincerely look forward to working together with the hon. member for Nunavut to solve these many concerns that were brought up. I am proud that I am the first-ever Minister of Northern Affairs to give the attention to the infrastructure, the housing, the health care

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, on the question of reconciliation, we have been clear that the overrepresentation of indigenous kids in care is a sad and dark part of our shared history that we must address. Let me be very clear. Our government will provide comprehensive, fair and equitable compen

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I assure the member that the federal government contributed $40,000 to the search at Kamloops. There may have been other partnerships and British Columbia may also have contributed, but that is a commitment we made several years ago. We have set aside nearly $30 mil

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, at the heart of everything our government has done since 2015 has been a commitment to reconciliation. It is explicitly written in the mandate letters of all of our ministers. We have been working with communities. We have been consulting with communities. We have be

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am speaking from my office in Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, the homeland of the Métis nation, Treaty 1 territory, a city that is now home to many Inuit. I will share my time with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services, the member for Oak

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, an agreement could not be reached under the provisions of Standing Orders 78(1) or 78(2) with respect to the second reading stage of Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, COVID-19 response. Under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), I give notice t

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for this important question. Her intervention included a number of questions. Our government has invested over $30 billion since 2015 through partnerships with indigenous nations in the areas of education, public health, justice, and child and f

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I do not agree with the premise of the question. We are investing $18 billion into indigenous communities over the next five years in partnership with Inuit nations, first nations and the Métis nation. All indigenous nations will have access to the indigenous-based

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I agree that we all have much more work to do to meet the needs of indigenous women and girls. However, our government has invested over $30 billion since 2015 in new funding over and above the base funding of the departments for health care, education, justice and i

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, kwe, kwe. Tansi. Today I am participating in the debate from my office in the riding of Saint Boniface—Saint Vital in Winnipeg, the homeland of the Métis nation and Treaty 1 territory. I am proud to support Bill C-30. There are many important reasons to proceed wit

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the member does not seem to realize that it is Health Canada that actually licenses the vaccines. There are no vaccines to distribute as I speak. From the beginning, we have invested billions of dollars in individuals and businesses to make sure they can cope thro

Post-Secondary Education  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek for his hard work. The creation of Yukon University this year was an important milestone for the north. Building on this, last Friday I was proud to announce the creation of the northern post-secondary education tas

Northern Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of the support we have given northern Canada during these difficult times. In April, we invested $130 million for economic and health supports for all of northern Canada. We have also invested significantly in aviation support. Through these difficult

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, nothing could be further from the truth. Our government is committed to improving the quality of life for northerners. In the last few years, we have invested $40 million over five years to support options for post-secondary education in the north, in the Arctic. Th

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to working in partnership with territorial, provincial and indigenous partners to co-develop priorities for the north. Together, we revised the nutrition north list of subsidized food and lowered the cost of the northern food basket. We ha