Finance committee  Mr. Chair, thank you very much, and thank you to members of the finance committee, the Assembly of First Nations national chief, the Métis National Council and other dignitaries who are on this call. I want to start with a quote from one of our chiefs, Chief Sitting Bull. He sai

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our MP, one of the best ones we've had. I want to state very clearly that the direct funding that has now happened to help people go on the land is very important. We clearly heard from Premier Cochrane that for direct funding to the first na

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, MP Michael McLeod. I am in with my mother-in-law. I see it in four provinces. I see this as a really good opportunity. As you said, we see this as an opportunity to come back to us as a people, who we are as Inuit, Métis and Dene. We are help

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, thanks to my 18-year-old son, who is technology-savvy and made it happen.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Marsi. Mr. Speaker, I am National Chief Norman Yakeleya of the Dene Nation of the Northwest Territories. As our elders have always said, we ask all of Canada to continue to pray for all of us as we go through the COVID-19 pandemic. I was elected in August 2018 on a platform of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. The four recommendations are that the Dene Nation needs a trilateral table to work with all three governments and that the Dene nation supports whatever other initiatives we can work together on with this committee and the Government of Canada. Marsi cho.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're so kind, gentlemen.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hello?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. My son is not here. He just gave me instructions: “One, two, three, Dad.”

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you very much for a very powerful question, and I want to thank the previous speaker from northern Alberta. Certainly we understand. We wanted very much to say that within the Dene culture and tradition, for guidance and for direction and support in our way of life,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's music to my ears, and that's what we're pushing for—core programs. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hello...?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hello.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can you hear me?