Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, certainly. Manitoba has actually been the bastion of leadership on the education front, but unfortunately we've been a victim of the intentional underfunding for decades. Our community arguably was one of the first to actually take the initiative for our education authority,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's going to take a long time for a true catch-up. Unfortunately in Manitoba we're a long way off. The problem is that when you make these grand pronouncements, you're not ensuring that things move forward. You have institutions that deliberately derailed first nations communiti

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I want to say that when people look into the issue that they look at the heart of the matter. Unfortunately, we're always blamed for our misery, when nothing could be further from the truth. Oh, it's about accountability. Every cent that comes to our communities is audited f

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think there has to be a proper assessment of and respect for the political and technical auspices that already exist in our regions. I think a big mistake currently being made by different people is that they're relying too heavily on the Assembly of First Nations. It is not

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the introduction. Thank you to everyone here, and I acknowledge the land that we're on. I'm just going to head right into it. I want to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs for the time to speak to you on the talent and ret