Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the things I would like to see is the ability to have infrastructure in first nations for the protection of women, even in the urban centres. They need to have access to a safe place. If they don't have access to a safe place, they will go out on the street. They'll be on

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that probably more than ever, this pandemic has shed light on the insufficient resources that we have to deal with things. People do not have to move away from the first nation. I think that awareness and prevention would be the key to educating and protecting our young g

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the things that I've always spoken about is the very different demographics that we live with in northern Manitoba. It's very different from southern Manitoba. In Manitoba, we have 15 isolated communities, and 85% of each community is unemployed, so there's poverty and a l

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think, with regard to the supports and the resources needed for people who are transitioning or moving into urban areas, there's a vulnerability there. There are risks there. We've seen it happen in Winnipeg. Young girls come to Winnipeg for medical appointments, and they go mi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity to present to the standing committee. I wish to acknowledge the land of the people of Treaty 1 and Treaty 5 territory. My name is Garrison Settee. I am the grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. As the grand chief, I am committed to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I appreciate that. I just wanted to conclude our discussion with how COVID-19 has brightly illuminated the gaps and barriers and the urgent need to uphold the rule of law. The COVID-19 pandemic also highlighted important opportunities to amend federal, provi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you so much. Can I defer this to Mike Anderson, who has been working on that file, please?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Tansi, boozhoo, edlanet'e. On behalf of the 26 MKO first nations nations under our administration and at least 73,000 people, I am pleased to have the opportunity to share with the committee some of MKO's views on enforcement on first nations reserves. I will also be making a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that the need is critical. We're in dire straits. We need to have a process that we can all work with. I think developing a process that works would be the answer to addressing the food insecurity.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I have a whole speech on this, but I will condense it into one statement. We need our first nations to have the ability to make those decisions for themselves, because they know their people, they know their culture and they know their lifestyle. If you have people making decisi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our education funding is low. It's not meeting the requirement. We can't have programs, such as land-based training and education with a land-based approach. It's not there, so we're robbing Peter to pay Paul many times to get a program going.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. It brings healing, when there is an opportunity to go out on the land. The mind and emotions are settled. Self-esteem is critical.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that food sovereignty is something that we need to examine, and we are able and ready to engage with the government. If you want to move forward on any issue to bring food, we are here. We're all standing by to facilitate the process and we can.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For myself—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There were 4,000 people in my community when I was a teenager, and now we have 8,000.