Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's right.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I want to comment on that to my honourable colleagues—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I appreciate that, because it's important. It's a very important question. I think that essentially it's a political question, and you never need policy or law to do the right thing or to do things in an honourable way, but unfortunately, if that is what th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that if there are willing partners, magic can happen. If people truly want to make a meaningful effort, I think we should all take a look at the successes of Nunavut over the last 30 years. I think my relatives in Quebec are fundamentally a great example of meaningful.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm sorry, but I just want to follow up on your last statement. I think, as I said, every effort should be made. Just because something doesn't fall into a box.... These negotiations are based upon a certain set of parameters, but if there's an opportunity there for us to be mean

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not intimately familiar with the policy. However, I do have a general understanding and that's actually a good example of where there needs to be more of an effort for everyone to make an informed decision. First and foremost, when we have opportunities like that, every eff

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think if you make an objective assessment of what has happened historically.... In my statements I said that these processes are becoming misaligned or intentionally “disaligned” with current court decisions that have come down through the last 20 years. There are abundant exam

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I think it's very important to be mindful of the intention of these policies, and the fact that they have been in existence and have not provided meaningful or collaborative solutions that are essentially, fundamentally part of our relationship in Canada, i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning. My name is Arlen Dumas and I am Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. It's important to acknowledge the land of what is currently referred to as the province of Manitoba, which is the ancestral and sovereign territories of the Anishinabe, Cree, Dakota,