Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. In the off-reserve or the urban setting, with the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments, there is a complexity to how the federal government can and should work with provincial authorities to address the issues and the nee

Human Resources committee  Okay. Sadly, and unfortunately, Mr. Martin, that reality is true for much of the information about the urban aboriginal population. A lot of the health statistics, life conditions, and social determinants of health numbers are based on studies of first nations on reserve, and the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the questions. We are somewhat familiar with Nutrition North. Obviously we are very familiar with the cost of living in the north and the cost of goods and produce. As Jeffrey said earlier, I think it would certainly be beneficial for NAFC to be engaged in more pol

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll just add a couple of other things that we're currently working on at the NAFC. We're working on literacy, adult and youth. You mentioned your child's ability to read at a higher level. We're also involved in tobacco cessation, and we're obviously engaged in many health issue

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just want to pick up on your topic about the youth. We all know the demographics, the statistics for the aboriginal population, the off-reserve population, and the urban population, and 48% of youth population is under the age of 30. That's a huge population. We're 54% of the a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're very welcome.