Canadian Heritage committee  —which it should be, then sure, I find nothing wrong with that particular date.

Canadian Heritage committee  She can take three minutes of my time.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, and good afternoon. I fully endorse former commissioner Wilson's recommendation, but I will add a little bit to that. I didn't know we were going to be here together, and it's kind of ironic. I want to preface my statements by saying that September is certainly a mo

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, that is a very excellent question and comment, because you're right. Without the necessary resources to enable us to find where the items are and to identify them as ours, those that we don't know of.... It will take resources. I mentioned the museum in Manitoba. We've bee

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's correct. They're in the final stages of putting the resources together to enable it to take place. We feel it's imminent that it's going to be happening.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. That's correct. That will be part of the exercise. Just as an example, about three years ago, Library and Archives Canada did an exhibit called “Hiding in Plain Sight”. Basically, they were looking at their own archival work, where a lot of the stuff wasn't identified. It w

Canadian Heritage committee  In addition to what's already been said, I would think that it's important in this day of reconciliation that Canadians are.... They are becoming more understanding and educated about various indigenous peoples and nations, but there's still quite a ways to go to educate the publ

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, members of the committee. I begin this presentation with a statement of whom I am referring to when I use the term “Métis”. That is the historic Métis nation based in western Canada—a distinct people with a distinct history and language,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Actually, if you look closely you will see a sliver of our presence in the final report. I think I read it differently. I don't read that the Métis are being dealt with in that report other than stating they should sign on to whatever everybody else signs on to, which does not ad

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay, but most people when they talk about it talk about day schools, not residential schools. There aren't that many Métis residential schools, and I don't think you can deal with them both at the same time. You have to deal with residential schools and look at day schools as w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Nothing concrete has come out of it yet, except that there was meeting where that issue was discussed and there's a willingness on the part of Minister Bennett to have a real look at it. I spoke on the Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school with Premier Wall last week, again, revisiting

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, and I would have finished on time, but I'll still try. It extended the mandate of the ministerial special representative on Métis engagement, Mr. Tom Isaac, who had been appointed by the previous government to explore the development of a Métis section 35 rights reconciliat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the invitation. I assume there are a number of people here who are new to the Parliament and possibly new to the Métis nation. Very quickly, we're an indigenous people who evolved into a new and distinct nation in primarily western Canada. Our traditional homeland

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. We are currently involved in the ASETS program, which is a training and employment program. It's been very successful in our Métis communities. We believe that it's the right step, but it needs to be increased and expanded. Also, in terms of the Mé

Finance committee  That question actually hits quite close to home. My granddaughter is a grade 10 student at the school. She happened to be outside the school, so that was fortunate. The community itself is a historic Métis community. Unfortunately, the press and politicians who covered it viewe