Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee The government can't even get the consultation right and now they want to talk negotiation? Come on, give me a break here.
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I concur with Chief Montour with regard to certainty. There should also be certainty that there is an exemption for our first nations and certainty that there's another process and that the first nations are directly involved in making that process.
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I also agree with the other members, my fellow chiefs. It should be withdrawn. There is no process. We have to sit here together and discuss it directly.
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I think number one would be an exemption in the process for the Iroquois communities; give us a separate process. What process? We'd have to think about that and sit down as the Iroquois Caucus and discuss that.
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee There are a number of them sitting at this table today. Canada says there are 20, and there are probably 10 or 12, maybe more than that, from this community that are large claims. I know Akwesasne is one of them.
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I think I made myself clear earlier that with the claims going forward, those over $150 million going to cabinet, there's no transparency. Will there be consultations with individual first nations, or will the cabinet make a decision behind closed doors outright with no consultat
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I concur with Chief Maracle. If you want real consultation, then bring the hearings to the first nations communities. Hear it directly. Hear what we have to say in our communities.
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, first nations communities, chiefs, and councillors, my name is Tim Thompson. I am Grand Chief for the Mohawks of Akwesasne, a community of approximately 12,000 Mohawks who reside on ancient
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Recommendation number seven is that compensation criteria ensure aboriginal nations are not discriminated against by the application of the Musqueam court decision. Recommendation number eight is that where aboriginal title has not been seated, access to and use of land by the
April 14th, 2008Committee meeting
Grand Chief Tim Thompson