Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In paragraph 6.2(b) of the UNDRIP Act, there is a specific obligation of the Government of Canada to include recourse and remedy within the creation of the action plan. That is what we are holding on to right now as the best possible place to create an indigenous peoples human ri

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To clarify, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami board of directors has not provided a position on this piece of legislation. We may have had conversations with the department and with officials within the department over the last three or four years, but that is very different from respo

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. In the draft legislation, the obligation is to share an annual report with the minister. It's a very small reporting and feedback loop there. We would need something much more robust that also includes feedback, as both the national chief and Presiden

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I think it's important to understand what type of body this bill intends to create under the Societies Act, versus a government-structured body that would demand order in council appointments, versus a not-for-profit society, which, most often, choose

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Judging from the legislation and the purpose, we will need to have not only residential school survivors but also a cross-section of people who work in different fields, whether it be within law or within program and service delivery within community and sometimes at the national

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Legislative drafting is an art that I have not quite yet understood, but in working for decades now on Inuit land claims issues, I certainly understand the concept of fear-based language that allows for government to do less rather than more. This typ

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We had conversations with the department. We certainly did not appoint the Inuk who represented Inuit on this particular transition committee. Codevelopment is something we are trying to create parameters and frameworks around with the Government of Canada, but we have not to dat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Nakurmiik. Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's good to see everyone here in person. We are pleased to offer our views on Bill C-29 and the creation of a national council on reconciliation. The work of the truth and reconciliation commission, the national inquiry on murdered and missin

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. The services that, in our case, Inuit counsellors provide, provide just as much support as the clinical services provided by non-indigenous people and also are just as complex. They rely on just as much knowledge. It's just that it has been passed down or the people h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I believe this was in relation to traditional counsellors. There are many different types of mental health services that can help an individual. From an Inuit perspective, there are clinical mental health services that some Inuit may need, and then there are more traditiona

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks for the question. This is one of the great concerns about the way in which NIHB is delivered across Inuit Nunangat and across Canada for eligible Inuit. I would imagine it's the same for first nations and Métis. Depending on the service provider, you might have to pay up

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  From the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami perspective, this dovetails into official language rights and official language status. Inuktut has no federal status as an official language and doesn't have status even as an official language in Inuit Nunangat by the federal government. It has

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Viersen, for that question. It has been good to get to know you over the last six years on a lot to do with indigenous and Inuit issues. This is a point of contention within the NIHB program for Inuit, and it's about the way in which decisions are made. Often deci

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The specific recommendation would be that.... Within the delivery of NIHB...?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think for the solution that we're looking for, it would be a model within NIHB that is Inuit-specific and distinctions-based and that also has particular timelines for decision-making and clear links to the service delivery provision within the region.