Procedure and House Affairs committee  Can I make a comment?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I heard most of your intervention in French, actually, so I tried to get the gist of what you were saying. At one of the last meetings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Montreal, the director of the cultural centre here did a translation in Kanienkeha, because she is

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a really important question. In working at the cultural centre, what was developed in collaboration with the education centre here is we recruited seven youth to learn the language full-time—four days a week, mind you. We would have liked to have more. What we're doing is

Procedure and House Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in Mohawk] I'm making it short. Don't panic. I'm going to translate what I just said. I basically said a greeting in my language. I'm part of the Turtle Clan from Kanesatake, the Kanienkehaka Nation. I wanted to greet all the natural life forces, the Creator, and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, and greetings. [Witness speaks in Mohawk]

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Saganash. One of the things that I find really difficult is bringing in the human aspect of this, because I know women who have never been able to go back to their communities. This disrupted the family unit. The Indian Act is not just an act in Canada,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with the previous speakers. I think if you're going to do any amendments, it has to be with the pre, prior, and informed consent of indigenous people. The Canadian Human Rights Commission, and I believe the Supreme Court, have said that Canadian courts are free to use i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Most definitely funding is going to be an issue. I think the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs should not take so much for the administration cost, because we need the funding. We need to rebuild our nations. If there is going to be real reconciliation, there needs to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in Mohawk] I greet you in my language and acknowledge all the natural life forces that allow us to be here today, including mother earth. I've been listening to people talk about the legalities of it, and I'm here to tell you a bit about what it's like to live

Status of Women committee  I still disagree with the centre of excellence. I think that with all the time we've spent working on this issue, we should be so much more advanced than we are today. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Go ahead, Viviane.

Status of Women committee  It's unfortunate to hear those kinds of stories. I'll come from a Mohawk perspective, so you'll understand where I am coming from. Mohawk women own the land. We have title to the land. We come from a very strong, very resilient nation that does not recognize the authority of b

Status of Women committee  First, just let me state that I'm not against looking and examining what are the best practices on this particular issue. However, as I stated in my opening remarks, the centre of excellence was not discussed during the consultations. This is something that was brought up by the

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I discussed the inherent treaty rights and how we can incorporate them into any kind of legislation that might be coming up. The process of reconciliation was always one of the things that was very important as we tried to emerge from the residential school process t

Status of Women committee  —in ideological imperialism that has not yet given—