Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I addressed the fact that we need dollars for infrastructure development. In the second industrial park we're building there's such a demand to rent or lease space from us that we can't accommodate all of the people. I talked about the first phase. On this land we are developi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You can take one slap shot.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  When we were getting ready for the land code enactment, there was a lot of communication. I remember receiving document after document about the land code and what it would mean to us. And it passed. There was no.... Anybody who had questions had the opportunity to have them answ

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I've had the opportunity to work with them. They wanted to borrow our lands manager for course development. I have the utmost respect for Chief Robert Louie as the chair of the Lands Advisory Board. They're coming along. I remember my first meeting with the Lands Advisory

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They could lobby for more money for us.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've always been open with our bylaws. We have proven ourselves to be leaders among the Robinson Huron Treaty first nations. Our bylaws are borrowed. Our administration laws are borrowed. Anything we have developed that would help a band to advance in their land code is open.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Definitely. Our bylaws are borrowed quite frequently, and our governing laws are as well.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First I want to acknowledge the two gentlemen you mentioned. I have the utmost respect for Angus Toulouse and Chief Whiteduck. We work together closely with them. No, we've not been asked about how to speed up the ATR process. It is frustrating and it is arduous. There has to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Clear out the layers. I'm always amazed when I come to Ottawa and I go to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and the office towers. I think, “Holy gee, this is where our money is going. It's all going to Ottawa employees.” I think that's one way we could start t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What was the biggest challenge of land management?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's getting our bylaws in order and getting our environmental law developed. Then, of course, it's dealing with these contaminated sites. It has been a very favourable arrangement for us at Nipissing First Nation. There are so many positive things to say about us as a people a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It all depends. Hopefully, they would have made a will. In that will, or the attachment to that will, it should state that should one or the other pass away—especially in the case of the non-native person—they would have the right to live in that house and on that land until they

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It would also be for the non-native person.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It would be for either person, but it has to be stated in the will.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to believe that our young people have values. If they were raised in that home and they were respectful of their father or their mother, they would abide and say, “Okay, you stay there as long as you want.” That's all I understand it to be.