Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning. My name is Isa Gros-Louis.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm the DG responsible for child and family services at the Department of Indigenous Services Canada.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I think that it's important to also point out that this concept is made up of standards. We'll ensure that these standards are adopted by the provinces, territories and all indigenous peoples. We refer to these national standards, and we want to ensure that the values and s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I am happy to answer this question. This clause is on a voluntary basis; obviously, prenatal services cannot be imposed.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's not voluntary for the service delivery person. The service will be offered to the mother, but whether the person wants to adhere to the service or not is voluntary. The service will be offered to the mother.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They would offer prenatal support. If we take an example of a person who may have a drug addiction while pregnant, it would obviously be flagged in the system and the services for drug addiction and recovery would be offered to the mother while she is pregnant. Now, that's where

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is accurate. Some provinces, from what we understand, are doing consultation that already considers these issues. Whenever a case is being flagged in the system, some provinces will provide wraparound services to the mother. Some will have one-on-one services. That's what we

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the legislation there is a section that talks about the duty of the minister to publish the law. Once the law comes into effect, the title of the law, the text of the law and the date of coming into force of the law will be published on the department's website. It will also b

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's section 35 rights holders that will be able to develop such laws. As the minister has explained, there is a process of making a request to have a conversation with either the province or the territory in which the community is located. After 12 months of negotiations, the la

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, it's under this framework. This legislation creates the framework under which indigenous groups, bodies recognized under Section 35, could develop their laws and then have them published in order to implement their laws.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the definition section, it talks about what is an indigenous body that can do so. There is a specific word that says “authorize”. The indigenous governing body means a council, government or other entity that is authorized to act on behalf of an indigenous group, community or

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  During the consultation period, we met with representatives of the provinces and territories. I can say that everyone supported the concept of the bill. Quebec and other provinces stated that it would take some time to prepare for the implementation of certain clauses of the bill

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The government representatives didn't raise these types of concerns at the meeting. However, they acknowledged that they didn't have time to conduct a full analysis of the jurisdictional and constitutional issues and that they needed to take another look at the issues and discuss

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's correct. This section—and there are a couple of others that touch upon Jordan's principle—were specifically included in this bill at the request of participants in the engagement session. While we did not specifically call it Jordan's principle, the principle behind Jord