Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's very little doubt the organizations are financially struggling. The friendship centres are presently struggling due to the lack of increased funding since 1996. Additional work is going to be created through the addition of hundreds of thousands of people coming to ask qu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, you've got it. Right on. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am first going to begin my presentation by offering my executive director Peter Dinsdale's regrets for not being able to be here. Unfortunately, he was called out of town. I want to also acknowledge and recognize the territory of the Algonquin Nation tha

Human Resources committee  The one thing I want to add to what Peter was saying is that when we go to school as first nations students, we learn very little about ourselves. Curriculums contain very little about first nations, Métis, or Inuit. Curriculums need to change; they need to be more inclusive. A l

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Peter. The head start program provides opportunities for children zero to six years of age to be able to start off on their lifelong learning at very formative ages. The people, who are predominantly aboriginal women, working in these head start programs provide cultu

Human Resources committee  No, that's fine.