Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. In our province, in our region, the carrier that goes into the majority of our isolated communities or remote communities is well established. They have been there for 50 years. They just celebrated their 50th anniversary this year. We've had other competitors that ha

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think if you look at the articles in the Winnipeg Free Press last Saturday and the articles in the Toronto Star about the conditions of the communities, the lack of running water, the poverty, when you have anywhere from a dozen to 25 people living in an overcrowded home, I don

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think communication is important. We do have a high turnover of leadership in first nation communities, as you are well aware, so we need to continue to ensure that the information is current with new leadership. In terms of changes, when we talked about making this change and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In Manitoba alone there's basically.... In many of the communities, it's just the one airline that flies in.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I sit here listening to this particular issue—we're talking about good nutrition—I just want to remind the committee that we need to look at communities in a holistic way. We need to look at all the contributors and ask why we're talking about the health of the people.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The other thing I just wanted to caution on, when I hear what's being said around encouraging traditional food, is that some of the communities are experiencing a decline in some of that traditional food. So if we're encouraging thinking that our people can go back to the land, w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As far as I'm aware, there was very little consultation, very little communication. I did submit a letter early on stating our views on the food mail program. Again, I just want to say how important it is for communication. Obviously, as we're sitting around here we can see that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sorry about that. I was speaking slowly, at your request, for the translators, just for the record.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the standing committee, as well as the other witnesses. I thank you for this opportunity to present on behalf of the chiefs of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, together with Chief Arlen Dumas, Mathias Colomb First Nation. It is good to speak w

Health committee  Thank you for that question. With regard to the flu kits, at that time in August when I was here, we didn't have any flu kits, but we wanted to get flu kits to the communities. We wanted the support of the federal government to help us assist the first nations and be able to do

Health committee  With regard to the protocol, that's something that was done between the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government. As far as I know, that remains to be seen. In regard to that particular protocol, I believe there is a meeting coming up. I guess it will determine exactl

Health committee  Thank you, first of all, for your encouraging comments. I take them to heart and I want to thank you for that. As to what could be done further, because of our appearance here the first time and the things that have happened, a lot of things have improved in terms of communicati

Health committee  In the information, you should use as much fact as you can. The body bag issue was dealt with, and I think we accepted the report. We understood what happened there.

Health committee  Well, we didn't know that. We don't know that. That's why we brought it to the attention--

Health committee  Glen, is there anything you want to add?