Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Four out of those six are remote first nations. They have no access to outsource outside resources, outside funding, other than what comes in through INAC or from the province, and that's all basically just piecemeal. The other two are road-access communities, which are near la

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely, and I think if there's willingness on the community's part to also support that from the leadership and from a strong administration, we've proven it can be done.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Quickly, I have a lot going through my head at the moment, but I'm thinking back. I had to leave my community at the age of six. I was moved out to Thunder Bay. My parents wanted me to get a better education, and I grew up there and went through high school. They bought a house,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You mentioned that it's a broken system. It has been underfunded. If you throw more money into the pot, it's just going to continue. Are we going to keep it growing? We have one first nation that is not in default prevention, but one of the comments they made to me was, “If you

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd echo exactly what Chief Dumas said, but I'd also say that you need to do a thorough review of tribal council funding and the way that is set up. It hasn't been done. There have been reports and recommendations made over the last 30 years on how to change it, but no modificati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Like you mentioned, from the beginning the funding has been inadequate, but the burden that is put on our communities, our tribal councils, has increased and grown. The world has evolved, and we've had to go along with it, but staying with the same small pot of money, we are expe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you very much. Meegwetch, Madam Chair, for the opportunity, and committee members for allowing us to be here today. My name is Andrew Yesno, and I am the manager of the financial advisory services for Matawa First Nations Management based out of