Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The value is in the billions. What we have done is we have taken the revenue streams that have been presented in financial statements. The Financial Management Board receives five years of financial statements from about 280 clients across the country. What we have begun to do is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity. First of all, I want to thank all of you for your efforts during this crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is a worldwide challenge that is going to create something we define as the “new normal”. The roles of government, the private sector and internati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The financial management board. If it's taxation, he's the first one in. He always likes to say he was six foot six when he started.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No. The height he's losing, I'm getting. We go into those communities and I'm often in front of the membership—the chief and council, and administration. When we talk about Manny being a former chief, I'm a recovered politician from the Squamish Nation. I served in many places

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. What's really amazing to us at the moment is that we always saw the financial management board as a follow-on institution to the tax commission and the financial authority, but the communities are now coming to us first. We now have, I would say, one-third of our communities

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we'd like to. I mean, what does reconciliation mean? What is nation-nation going to mean? I don't know what those things are. To me, it has to be a sharing of the wealth in the context that people sought at the time the treaties were signed.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Maybe I'll start. May I?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's exactly what we're doing in British Columbia with all the major resource development. We've been in the Ring of Fire communities as the Financial Management Board, building literacy to do exactly that. We believe it's from this that the wealth has to come in our communities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is a great question. For many, they'd like a revolutionary approach: let's get rid of the Department of Indian Affairs and let's do all of these things. I think that while that's an emotional response and an ultimate goal, we don't want to set ourselves up for failure. An

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The money we receive is for programs and services. You can't use it for other than that. There's a whole raft of reporting requirements that are required to the various departments on the use of those funds. We do get some upfront cash to cover expenditures, but it's very minimal

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the most important thing is to recognize that there's got to be change. I say that and it doesn't seem like a lot, but it is the most fundamental problem when you get in here, and it's not just change in this room, but change within central agencies in this city. There's

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I defer to the expert.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we need to recognize that we have the fastest-growing demographic in the country. Fiscally, we have been in a period of restraint in this country. Funding levels have not kept pace. There hasn't been any economic development. Many chiefs and councils find themselves str

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Structure: how do you make business decisions? I had the great opportunity to serve on the boards of CMHC and FortisBC. You need that corporate structure. You need to understand it. We often refer to it as moving to process-based decision-making from personality-based decision-ma

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Go ahead, Madame Trottier.