Finance committee  Absolutely. In Alberta, there is a wide range of first nations. There are the haves and the have-nots. As you said, a lot of them have success in their businesses. But those have-nots really don't have any type of resource opportunities within their region. I think the governm

Finance committee  Absolutely. I'd love to do that. A lot of first nations right now are building their economies with their nations, working toward self-determination, building their laws and their constitutions, protocols and all of that. There are good things happening. I believe that with gove

Finance committee  There are a lot of programs out there. ASETS is one program. The procurement strategy needs to be improved. It needs to have first nations at the table to develop those policies around procurement. There are a lot of instances, as I said in my presentation.... Ontario is working

Finance committee  Yes the flow-through, the funding, is oftentimes an issue, because, like I said, it takes a while. For example, in Alberta, on the Trans Mountain pipeline, there were a number of first nations that were interested in becoming owners of the pipeline, but the funding was an issue,

Finance committee  Absolutely. I believe the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its 94 recommendations are very important in that. Although a number of areas you mentioned are funded, there needs to be more. Often the funding that goes through it takes a long time to get to the first nations

Finance committee  First nations youth are Canada's youngest and fastest-growing demographic, and we need to invest in this generation. We need to invest in housing, infrastructure and education to close the socio-economic gap and begin to realize first nations' potential. Investment in our aborigi

Finance committee  Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear on behalf of the Assembly of First Nations, Alberta Region, which is a regional advocacy body for 44 first nations in Alberta. I first want to welcome you all to Alberta, the traditional territory of Treaty No. 6. It is our