Canadian Heritage committee  Each community across Inuit Nunangat, our homeland, receives a small bit of funds from the federal government to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. That's the fund I was referring to. As far as the push from indigenous people from Inuit first nations and Métis on making i

Canadian Heritage committee  Formerly National Aboriginal Day, and now National Indigenous Peoples Day, is June 21. We receive funding from the federal government in the community I grew up in to have certain celebrations on that day. Our Inuit organizations across Inuit Nunangat, which is our homeland, do

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  You have to understand that the differences between first nations, Inuit and Métis within the federal context are astoundingly difficult to understand. There are very few people in this country, even in the legal profession, who could articulate the way in which each of the three

Canadian Heritage committee  There is no pan-indigenous language. Any language you might use that a certain first nation, Inuit or Métis person has used is from their community and from their society. For Inuit, this isn't Turtle Island, although we respect the first nations who describe the world in that wa

Canadian Heritage committee  That's an excellent question. The Native Women's Association of Canada has put it very well in relation to the difficulties with mixing the two, recognizing past human rights violations and abuses but also recognizing the vibrancy of indigenous peoples in this country. I've cel

Canadian Heritage committee  Nakurmiik. Thank you. It's an honour to be here this afternoon. I look forward to our conversation. In relation to this particular bill, first, any time that we can celebrate indigenous peoples in this country we should take every opportunity to do so. The ongoing conversations

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's nakurmiik.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I hope my children have long and successful careers in whatever path they choose to take. I hope it isn't in the minutiae of implementing our rights in this country, especially our basic rights. There will always be conversations about our rights and their implementation in this

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll ask Will to start.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I want to thank member of Parliament Saganash for his leadership in the development of Bill C-262. Inuit were approached and have been consulted over time by the member of Parliament. We didn't develop this in partnership. There was no formal structure in the way in which the bil

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Within the provisions of the United Nations declaration, there is so much hope and promise for social equity for our people in the provisions where they're talking about our rights for governance, democratic processes, our health and our education, and our language. We still live

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We draw on our rights in different ways, and the United Nations declaration is but one of a number of different ways in which we create our rights-based standing within this country, and it is a welcome conversation for Canada to be a leader within the declaration implementation

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our Inuit to crown relationship, then, is the place where I hope we will further develop over time with this government and successive governments. It does make us a bit concerned when we are put into processes that historically have not been adequate to address some of the conce

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We Inuit are fortunate in some ways that our agreements with the crown were forged in the modern treaty era, post-1971. For the 36% of Canada that is co-managed between Inuit, the crown, and four provinces and territories, there is certainty around process for natural resource ex