Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're able to get loans from wherever we can, but those loans had to be approved by Manitoba Hydro. I don't think we approached those types of lenders, but we're looking for grants. The majority of the loans were provided by Manitoba Hydro itself through an agreement that we had

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To answer the question that was asked about the FNFA, we don't belong to that organization, but we are certainly looking at that to access more capital for our community. As far as the education issue in our community is concerned, right now, unfortunately.... Over the weekend,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. We would have participated in more and more projects, and it would have expanded the opportunities for our community and the first nations. Maybe we can help other first nations. That is part of the whole scheme that we have. That is our philosophy. We are going to do

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've been involved in a lot of major economic development projects in our community. We're involved with a hydro partnership, obviously, with Manitoba Hydro. We own a third of a $1.6 billion project and we had to provide $20 million of our own money to be a partner in the hydro

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Without stating the obvious, I think it's critical that we get our lands transferred to reserve. We have a property in Thompson. It's known as the Mystery Lake property. There's a hotel and a bar. There are about four acres of land. We've been trying to convert that property to