Transport committee  I think so, and further to that, through access, research, and funding to monitor these oceans and these coastal lines for derelict ships, to have an emergency response team to react in those many areas that are quite isolated. Many of those isolated communities are first nations

Transport committee  I'm not sure, I don't have data on that, but I do know some of the first nations, such as Heiltsuk, have put in requests to the federal and provincial government to become emergency response teams. I'm not sure where they get their training from, but with their experiences over t

Transport committee  Sure.

Transport committee  I think that while many of these initiatives sound promising, they do require sustainable funding and a commitment to ensure effective first nations' participation in the development of such bills. Also, we look forward to future involvement in partnerships with the government t

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to acknowledge that right now I'm in Vancouver on Coast Salish territory of the Musqueam Coast Salish people, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh. I am the elected chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations. I have recently been appointed

Public Safety committee  Definitely, trades skills are really important in regard to funding and for our people to become gainfully employed. I could give an example. We had a training organization called PTP ASEP, which trained approximately 1,500 of our people. About 1,000 of them have jobs. This was

Public Safety committee  Head start has been successful in all areas in British Columbia—

Public Safety committee  Yes. The first five years are the most important.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair.

Public Safety committee  I think having more indigenous people within the system would probably be a good thing. One of the issues we're dealing with in the indigenous communities is policing. We have indigenous police forces that are grossly underfunded, with no pay equity and outdated equipment. That's

Public Safety committee  I think here is a really difficult situation for many of the jurisdictions. I can speak for Carrier Sekani. Depending on that person's lineage and ancestry, you need somebody there for that culturally appropriate rehabilitation. If that person is Métis, we need a Métis person t

Public Safety committee  Yes, and this is part of it. As young offenders, they need to have a culturally appropriate program. If they're Carrier, they should have one that's culturally appropriate to a Carrier, and the age of that person really doesn't matter, because to me, if an elder is speaking to me

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Matthew. One of the things we wanted to see were police interactions with indigenous people, such as in Saskatchewan and with the municipal police force. They are exempt from freedom of information legislation. If Regional Chief Bobby Cameron wants information in rega

Public Safety committee  I would think so. Anything that would assist and help indigenous people in regard to making changes and perhaps implementing policy changes would assist our cause.