Public Safety committee  Thank you for listening and hearing what has been going on in the north and in many of our communities. When you look at whether the legislation will have a positive impact on what's happening, as an example, in the north, I can't really say for sure. When someone is doing crime

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. When we're looking at shaping the needs of gun reform, I think the impacts of the potential infringements are great. Those are treaty rights that are constitutionally protected. Also, when we talk about free, prior and informed consent in pointing to the UNDRIP, we n

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. I have no problem with that, which is what I mean when I say that when you know your people, you know who should have access to a gun and who shouldn't. I do agree with that in some instances, but as I said, my worry is that with some of the systemic racism and what w

Public Safety committee  —of people who are innocent hunters.

Public Safety committee  When you look at the reality from a first nations' perspective, as I've stated, one of the biggest grievances first nations have is response time. As to whether having a licence to carry a gun is going to make a difference when it comes to violence with guns, I really don't see t

Public Safety committee  In terms of first nations, because we are probably the most vulnerable of the vulnerable in this country, there is always that worry that our children or families can be harmed when it comes to matters of guns. The problem that we have is that often when women report domestic v

Public Safety committee  We view a gun from a hunter's perspective and a treaty rights perspective. It's a tool. It's a tool that we use for doing a lot of things. I talked about, for example, our rites of passage of the young hunters, the young boys. When you go out to hunt, you're not just hunting. Y

Public Safety committee  I think what we're going into is very complex, and here again there's a need to do meaningful consultation to help shape gun reform. I think that requires a lot more consultation, discussion and thought. When it comes to first nations and the relationship with policing, and espe

Public Safety committee  Any time there are laws that apply to first nations and pertain to hunting, fishing or trapping, there is always that risk, especially when guns are seized. I'm particularly concerned about investigations. The hunters hunt not only for food for themselves. We talk about ceremoni

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. This has been somewhat troubling. We have not had proper or meaningful consultation on any matters regarding gun legislation. This seems to be an ongoing concern among the leadership within our region, especially when it has to do with hunting. With

Public Safety committee  If I could also circle back, in addition to the lack of meaningful consultation, there has never been any capacity for engagement to do that properly. I apologize, but when it comes to.... My goodness, could you repeat the question?

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I'm speaking from the beautiful unceded, unsurrendered Treaty 6 territory this morning. Thank you for asking the FSIN to appear as a witness on this important hearing regarding firearms legislation. The FSIN promotes and protects the interests of 73 first nations in

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Once again, of course, it's always the mighty dollar. It's a shame that we have to keep reiterating that. What happened in La Loche was a tragedy. Of course, at that time we didn't know whether to call the young man who killed himself and others a perpetrator or a victim. I kno

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just want to say that doesn't mean there aren't other examples, like in Biggar when the two children were....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just recently with the crisis at Peter Ballantyne, Chief Peter Beatty talked about what they were doing in dealing with trauma. At Sturgeon Lake, of course, they've been leading the charge for one of our communities in terms of children and Indian child and family services, and p