Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Could you repeat the question?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To me, we shouldn't have to come up with hard dates or court dates if it were implemented properly. We have a classic example of how long we've been waiting. Our agreement was signed in 1978, and it took at least 40 years for one file to be realized. A partnership agreement wit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the wording is pretty much the same, or perhaps similar, but there are some things that were overlooked in our agreement in comparison with the JBNQA, such as the hunter support program. As the population increases, the funding increases, but with the Naskapis, there's no

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not too familiar with the present policies, but I think Quebec has an obligation with these agreements. I think Quebec has to step up. This is why we are here now, because Canada has its role to make sure that these policies are implemented by the Quebec government. Robert

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe it's safe to say that part of it is our fault. Leadership hasn't been very progressive in following up with the agreements, so this is what's happening right now: we're just following up and playing catch-up.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We'd like to have the agreements revisited because we think a lot of things were left out, like the day care facility. There is nothing in the agreement that they had for day care facilities.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We do have in place the Northeastern Quebec Agreement, a modern treaty, and it doesn't really apply to us. One thing I wanted to mention was that we don't really have control over our territory, because we fall under the Kativik Regional Government. We've been having issues wit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm going to have Robert answer this question, because he's more involved in education.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. With our limited time, I'll jump right to the conclusion. In almost 40 years of hindsight, the disparity has further deepened in terms of the funding allocated to implement the NEQA and JBNQA—on the one hand to the Naskapis, and on the other hand to the Inuit and the Crees.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. Thank you. I just sincerely hope that this is not put aside. These are very important files, I think, that have been dragging out for many, many years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hello, everyone. I'm Chief Swappie. I'm here with Robert Prévost. He works with us on various files with the Naskapi Nation. We weren't expecting 10 minutes today. We'll skim through the 14-page presentation we were going to give. I'll start with the introduction. The Naskapi