Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  [Witness speaks in her native language]. Good afternoon. The Quebec Native Women's Association supports our brothers at the Assembly of First Nations and the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador and their efforts toward developing accountability and transparency in

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, you can, if you look at the bureaucracy within INAC and the amount of money it takes to run INAC. I think the figure was taken from a document published by the Assembly of First Nations a few years ago.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I would say that in the ideal world 100% should go to aboriginal communities. That is where we would be able to become more self-sufficient, more self-determining, be able to save our languages, be able to deal with the violence against aboriginal women and the problems in our co

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think that is an excellent analogy. For many, many years, we have been saying that we, as aboriginal nations, have been treated as wards of the state, and we continue to be treated as wards of the state. The Government of Canada has much to do to improve its relationship with

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Not so far as I am aware of. No, there was no consultation.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's an approximate number. It's not an exact number, but it's an approximate number. It's safe to say that it's more than 60% that goes to administrative dollars.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I was saying there are other ways of doing this besides including aboriginal communities in this act. As some first nations have said--Chief Picard has said--we are for transparency, but we don't feel this is the proper act in which to include aboriginal people because of our s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning. [Witness speaks in her native language] I am Ellen Gabriel of the Turtle Clan in the community of Kanesatake, the people of the Flint. Quebec Native Women is a non-profit organization whose history dates back to 1974, when aboriginal women banded together to fig

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I guess it's similar to the so-called consultations of matrimonial real property. We were given three months after the contract was signed, but really, in essence, three weeks, and then it was prolonged. How many people is proper consultation? Every single last person, because i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, I would just ask if everyone's had a chance to read both our memoirs.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a big question to answer, but I think if you examine some of the recommendations that we have, which include doing research on how this is going impact on communities that have been oppressed by the Indian Act for so many years, it's going to change the way decisions are m

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First of all, I want to correct you. I said I would promote or support the repeal of section 67, but not Bill C-44, because of the lack of consultation, because of the lack of research, and basically because your minister is pushing the wonderful skills of the Canadian Human Righ

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Excuse me. In the longhouse we stand up when someone speaks. The person who is speaking stands up and nobody interrupts them. This is the kind of government and these are the kinds of people you want us to assimilate to become, people who interrupt each other when they're talki

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I get tired of our being a ping-pong ball between all the different parties. I don't want to be part of that.