Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, I'll be brief, because I think everyone can.... I think we have lots of examples in Canada of where we've sought justice outside the court system. Justice includes the very nature of reconciliation. Whether it's recognizing the absolute evil of residential schools or setti

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Building on Mr. Enge's answer, I would say that historically Canada has always approached comprehensive claims and land claim settlements as intact jigsaw puzzle pieces, and they want the claims to fit nicely and butt up against each other, but within the claim area, there's only

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the current state of overlapping claims in B.C. is one that a lot of people are applying their imagination to. There's also a dialogue between the negotiation tables and there are some court decisions about recognizing the practical reality of stacking claims on one anoth

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I have one quick comment, which is that Canada has to stop addressing first nations in a cookie cutter fashion. Each first nation is separate and unique, and those separate and unique circumstances—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I have 30 seconds for this. I think there's a more pragmatic solution, which is that Canada shouldn't play political favourites based on who fits their narrow policy criteria. Here, at least with respect to the North Slave Métis Alliance, Canada has always known that the NSMA ex

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm doing my best, Madam Chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have just a couple of points. The first is that Canada adopted a specific regional negotiation policy here in the NWT after the 1990 failed Dene-Métis agreement. That regional policy worked better in the northern Mackenzie Valley. It's not working in the southern Mackenzie V