Public Accounts committee  I will turn to officials in one minute, but it's an excellent question. I think it reflects the different realities across the country from a geography perspective, a capacity perspective, a size perspective and just the proximity—or not—to closer communities. Maybe I can turn t

Public Accounts committee  I recall that conversation, MP Vidal. What I would say, again, is that the target that has been developed has been done with indigenous peoples. I think, reflecting on the conversation at committee last time, what I will tell you is that working with first nations in a very int

Public Accounts committee  The target has been developed, and it's been developed in partnership—

Public Accounts committee  Ms. Wilson, go ahead.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Kwe Kwe. Hello. I'm so pleased to be with you here on the unsurrendered, unceded territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin people. Thank you for the invitation. I have with me, as you have noted, a host of officials with deep expertise in the areas of wat

Emergency Preparedness  Mr. Speaker, during question period, I heard in one of the questions from the Leader of the Opposition his reckless use of the word “crazy” as a pejorative for one of our cabinet ministers. The use of the word “crazy” is offensive and stigmatizing and, for so many Canadians—

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate the advocacy of the member opposite to continue our work to close the infrastructure gap and to seek true reconciliation with indigenous people. That is a journey we have been on since 2015. In fact, services for indigenous people were flatlined f

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Nunavut for this really important question. In fact, after a decade of no investments in first nations communities under the Harper government, our government got to work with first nations partners to start to close that infrastructure gap

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, I am so proud to be a northern Liberal member of Parliament because I work everyday with constituents who are telling me that we need to take faster action on the climate. This is because we are losing acres of forest and seeing droughts, even in northern Ontario, wh

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I am so grateful to indigenous leaders who are working so hard on blending traditional and western ways of healing. At the second annual National Summit on Indigenous Mental Wellness, people gathered to share successful stories about programs that are designed by ind

Housing  Mr. Speaker, since 2015, we have worked with first nations partners to address the shocking and appalling housing gap that exists on first nations. Indeed, over 33,000 units of housing have been built or renovated since that time. We continue to invest in affordable housing, not

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, let us roll back the tape a bit. In 2015, when we were elected, the former Conservative government refused to meet with indigenous leaders in this country. In fact, indigenous leaders could not meet with the previous prime minister and could not move forward an agend

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, in 2015, after a decade of entrenching poverty for first nations, a newly elected Liberal government got to work on reconciliation. First nations community services have increased by 156% since then. That is for things like school, water and health services. I have b

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, insofar as Indigenous Services Canada, or ISC, is concerned, the response to part (a) is that ISC continues to support the Okanagan Indian Band with the Addition to Reserve of the former Canadian National Rail corridor lands bisecting Duck Lake Indian Reserve No. 7.

Housing  Mr. Speaker, why should Canadians trust the Leader of the Opposition on housing? When he had the file, he failed hard. In fact, a $300-million fund to build housing in first nations, set up by the leader himself, built 99 houses. For every one house he and the Harper Conservative