Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was just going to say that the Indian Act already causes discrimination to our people. There is discrimination, because when our people want services and they're not residing on-reserve because of lack of housing, that's discrimination. So the Indian Act itself is discriminator

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say owet'se, which means yes, that's fine.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would like to make a last comment on that as well. It's more productive and beneficial for all of us to spend the money doing this process, versus ending up spending it in the court system.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What was the second part?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, it hasn't.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's something we're wrestling with right now in the province. I sit on the leadership council for the province and I work with the ministries. Right now, we're working through a consultation and accommodation framework. We have a joint working group on that. That takes some

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As the judge says, we're all here to stay. What the province and the first nations in British Columbia are trying to do is stay out of the legal system as much as possible. Whatever frameworks they develop are to ensure that we do stay out of that process. Certainly that's our go

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was going to respond by saying we would hope there would be an operational review, just to ensure that proper measures were taken to identify the costs and so forth.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I appreciate your congratulations. It was a unique experience, for sure. What we're hoping for here is that we would probably take time to look this process through thoroughly. With every process, we need to have an opportunity to review it. I know that in certain cas

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, but what I'm saying is that the matrimonial property is in question because the land issue is still in question. It will take us a while to get through that, I'm sure, to explain it, but it is an issue we need to address, for sure.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I guess it would depend. Where I am chief, all of our keya areas, the way that we're set up, we call our traditional area. Our traditional area goes north to Naglico Lake, south to Potato Mountain and Tatlayoko Valley, west to Stuie and Kimsquit on the coast, and then it goes eas

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just wanted to respond to the question. Thank you. What I'd like to reflect on is how it would impact us in my own territory. In our territory, we had five longhouses. We're very organized and we had structures in place to look out for our community. We were self-sufficient;

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have to reflect on history. When I look back to 1982 and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution, I think about late Prime Minister Trudeau and about the time he ensured that there were proper meetings set up with the chiefs across Canada. I wa

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As information for all of you, I'll give you a little background. I'm located in a very rural community; a lot of people call it a wilderness community. We're in the interior of British Columbia, in Cariboo-Chilcotin. Our MP is Dick Harris. We're located 320 kilometres west of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's my understanding that the minister has stated that there has been 30 years of consultation on this issue. That's my understanding. But there has been no discussion on the repeal of section 67 specifically. It's my understanding also that on December 13, 2006, the Government