Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, right now, we are challenged with the grants, fundraising for that aspect, and there are three or five models that we looked at. The first one could be paid off if we had a full subsidy of $1.8 million over a three-year time span; we could have that community-owned business

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I believe under the Arctic Co-op model, the income that we get from that would continue to revolve within that whole Arctic Co-op concept.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There might be more access to better-quality foods rather than the spoiled food from other retail, which exists right now.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right now, I think the practice that Northern Store has is that fresh products are shipped by winter road or seasonal road from La Ronge or elsewhere. The majority of the food comes from Winnipeg under the Northern Store concept. Then everything is delivered to Stoney Rapids. Any

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're looking at models of 6,500 to 8,000 square feet to bring more product into the community. Right now in the community, we are lacking products like baby food and so forth.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The Northern Store in Fond du Lac has been operating for many years--or centuries--under the former Hudson's Bay Company. The North West Company is now the only company operating there. A year and a half ago, we analyzed the Arctic Co-op model and looked at competition there. It

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Could you repeat the question again?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Initially, what I understood growing up in the community, from a younger age.... As the chief mentioned, we have low-income families. At the time, when it was run through Canada Post, if you knew of the program, you took advantage of it as long as you were employed. But if you li

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  All right. The community of Fond du Lac has other programs through the national child benefit program, which does allocations for cultural enrichment and child nutrition. This also is a factor when high costs of transportation hinder the full delivery of that program, whereas th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon. This is just a brief overview of our presentation. We'll eventually forward a completed document. To begin with the background, on behalf of the Fond du Lac First Nation, I will just briefly describe our community and the history of the people. Fond du Lac is si