Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Good morning, members of the panel, Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Kendall Robinson. I am a member of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation. I work and reside in Cross Lake, Manitoba. If it is okay with the panel, I would like to explain why I am holding this eagle feather today at this gathering.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I agree with that, because our elders are very important to us. As youth, we learn from them, and we ask them for guidance. I agree.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, there are the youth. I've been working with the youth for about a year now and I've asked them what they want, and that's a recreational centre. A recreational centre would be nice. We'd need a swimming pool and the facilities that other places have that reserves don't have.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In our community, the connection is not very good. It would take a while to get a message, sometimes even a couple of hours.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. It would help if we had house numbers, a street address. That way we'd know where they're at.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I would.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, I wouldn't agree, because I think the curriculum that was given for aboriginal people, for aboriginal schools, is a curriculum that will lead them to fail. We need our own curriculum and our own education in aboriginal communities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, they should.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, that is correct. They're always on Facebook.