Finance committee  It's “Together Today for our Children Tomorrow”. It was actually mentioned in the previous group's panel discussion as well. That's what she was referring to.

Finance committee  I think it's the intent of the document. When our chiefs in 1973 went to Ottawa and presented to Prime Minister Trudeau, they spoke about this very thing. We weren't coming for a handout. We wanted to be brought back from the margins of society, because when Canada started to re

Finance committee  The simple answer is yes. We have been in our FTA negotiations for a number of years. We were just notified again by our federal negotiators that they're looking to extend the FTA negotiations another year. This is several years of us just talking about the actual numbers we have

Finance committee  To answer your question specifically, in layman's terms it's basically the definition between settlement lands and reserve lands. In the Yukon, only a very few first nations have reserve lands that are of the typical definition in the south. When we signed our land claim and self

Finance committee  Thank you. First I'll start off with Aishihik Lake. Champagne and Aishihik basically has been a forced partner in energy production for 40-odd years. We have seen a massive erosion in our environment with regard to Aishihik Lake. The Aishihik Lake hydro facility has enabled gr

Finance committee  Thank you. Good morning, committee members. Thank you for coming to the Yukon. First of all, I'd like to open up with thanks. We are guests on the land of the Tagish Kwan people, represented by the Ta'an and Kwanlin Dün first nations. [Witness speaks in Dakwänje] My name is S