Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Madam Speaker, I wonder if the member could just tell us briefly in global terms what will change for the Tlicho. The member's speech was very specific on education and another couple of areas, but the agreement covers a whole bunch of areas that were for Indian Act bands, and th

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Madam Speaker, in the area covered by the Tlicho agreement there are four communities where virtually all the citizens live. In those four communities, there are some non-aboriginal people. Could the member tell us how the rights of non-aboriginal people will be protected in this

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  I apologize for not putting my question through you last time, Madam Speaker. Harvard University has done a study that suggests that good governance is one of the prerequisites to community and economic development. I wonder if the member could comment on that. The Tlicho peopl

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for an excellent description of the agreement. I know the hon. member, being of aboriginal ancestry, understands the benefits of self-government. In Yukon, we have a number of the first self-governing nations in the country. F

Budget Implementation Act, 2004  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise with all this enthusiasm in the House for the budget. I can see that everyone is so excited about it that they are making lots of noise, and that is great. One reason they are so excited is that it is a great budget for the north and a great budg

Budget Implementation Act, 2004  Mr. Speaker, I would like to continue explaining why people in the north are so excited about this great budget. The budget will do a lot of things for my riding, and I have had a lot of positive feedback from my constituents, as I know other members from the north have. I have

Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act  Mr. Speaker, I must begin by saying that I disagree with the previous arguments and I will outline my position. First of all, the first amendment to the bill is a complete deletion of clause 3. Basically, we cannot delete clause 3. We cannot delete any clause, actually, because

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for the three questions. I think they are very thoughtful questions. It is good that he asked them so that the House can understand the answers. I will answer them backwards because I have shorter answers for the last ones. In r

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very excited to be able to rise today on such an auspicious day as the day of the aboriginal summit, where 70 first nations leaders from across the country, at the invitation of the Prime Minister, met and talked about moving the partnership and the agenda forwa

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for giving the House another chance to celebrate this historic day in Canada. The Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable is the first event of its kind. More than 70 aboriginal leaders are meeting right now here in Ottawa to work i

Indian Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the minister is working very closely with the Cree to come to an agreement on this claim.

Indian Affairs  Mr. Speaker, that is the exact approach the minister is taking. He is working with Chief Moses. When we come up with a claim agreement, in any claim, and this would explain an answer to a number of claims, there has to be a settlement that is reasonable for the aboriginal people

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, it is so sad that the NDP thinks it has the answer. When the aboriginal people were celebrating this event today with the Prime Minister, aboriginal leader after aboriginal leader said that it was a great opportunity that Canada was asking them for solutions, not the

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. This is totally off topic of the bill.

Volunteers  Mr. Speaker, the very positive and generous qualities in the budget for charities and the voluntary sector reminded me of some great charities and volunteer organizations in Yukon. First of all, the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre has been helping aboriginal people in the urban ce