Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I also believe that with the human rights there has to be an overriding arch to define the big things such as housing, education, and health. Those are basic human rights that we all require. Then from there the communities would look at how that would impact on people if this we

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would like to comment on that first. At one time in our communities, we had our own membership. We were allowed to have members join our communities, and they were put on the band list. Somewhere along the line, something happened. I guess it started with the Indian Act, rega

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can I be the first to answer that?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the prairie provinces, there are more aboriginal young people than old people. The aboriginal population is fast becoming a major issue within those provinces. If our people do not understand how the Canadian human rights are going to affect them, then it's not going to be a v

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not that I know of in our community.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've been around for a while, so we know.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Can I answer that?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I'm often amused at the thought that in the north we have access to high-speed Internet.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are portions of my community where we still have dial-up, and that's not really truly far north according to the other northerners. It is a good way for those people who are able to use the Internet. The other drawback would be that a lot of people don't know how; they're

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to say that we did have our human rights person in our community who worked for the province. She worked there for about a year. Before I left, I was talking to her, and she said there were hardly any people who ever came there. In any case that they were looking at, she

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I also believe that consultation ought to be from the community level, and that if we don't have that consultation process at the community level, to repeat what was said earlier, our people aren't going to use that. Bill C-44 is supposed to protect us, but right now

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Who would you like to answer first?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning. My name is Esther Sanderson. I'm from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation as well, and we're sisters. The issues that have faced both of us have been tragic in a lot of cases, but I want to say a little bit about the language with the Canadian human rights. We come from Cr