Finance committee  Thank you for the question. As you have indicated, each area has a different kind of proxy. In health we have the 6% proxy. We're seeing education being closer to 4.4% vis-à-vis the provincial jurisdictions. For things like infrastructure, we have no proxy. There's no existing p

Finance committee  Summary budgets are provided, and the ask we're presenting here today is a total of $3.9 billion, which includes all the education commitments and a portion of the infrastructure ask.

Finance committee  Absolutely. There are a variety of different existing programs where they are talking about upping infrastructure. There are, of course, oversubscribes in all the areas where they are. These aren't new programs. These are enhancements to existing programs.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Yes, and I'll be quick. I think I'd caution—and you weren't saying this—against any notion that this means we're not pro-engagement on projects such as those that have been described here. I think the important point is that the Supreme Court has found that there are significant

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. Frankly, that's something we're trying to have more of. Many TLEs and additions to reserve that are outstanding were with the last government. For whatever reason, they weren't pushed through. That is certainly something to look at, and it i

Finance committee  Thank you very much. My name is Peter Dinsdale. I'm the chief executive officer of the Assembly of First Nations. Dale LeClair is the chief of staff. It's certainly an honour to be here to present to the committee. I'd like to thank the member for the honour song and acknowledge

Health committee  I think we've seen spikes in substance abuse when new waves of wealth have come into a community and have introduced drugs and all kinds of abuse. It's not so much when it leaves, when people are dealing with the loss; it's more the advancement of new money, with all the challeng

Health committee  Yes. It's because there's a change in the baseline. You had nothing before, and now there's all this new stuff in there.

Health committee  I haven't heard of it myself, but I can certainly go back and find out and let the committee know.

Health committee  I'm not aware of any specific study, but let me say that I think we've seen a spike in this kind of usage in the last historical while, and each generation is born into a baseline of a norm. If a child born today understands that community, what's happening today is the norm. For

Health committee  The only other thing I'd add is that of course while first nations sometimes get information on an “after” basis, I think the ability of first nations to have better access to and control of the program from the outset is also a critical factor to look at. Again, I'd point to the

Health committee  I certainly agree with your suggestion that the more local, the better. I think for the people in the community, partnerships with community health nurses and with the community members themselves are likely the best approach from a first nations perspective. The closer we can

Health committee  Maybe I'll start. I think the first thing we need to acknowledge is how diverse all the nations are, so I think it's their own cultural traditions that are most important. It's the raising of.... To decolonize or to bring back our culture to the youth will raise their self-estee

Health committee  We simply don't get access to those numbers at our office.