Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The requirement to negotiate the agreements with the respective governments in Canada would not work for us at all. If the law, as stated, gives effect for the first nation law to be a national law, a law across Canada, then adding this requirement to negotiate agreements just do

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll answer that, if that's okay. Our belief, upon reading the legislation, is that it actually muddies the water more for us. We have a clear statement of Anishinabek inherent jurisdiction. In Ngo Dwe Waangizid Anishinaabe, one Anishinabe family is our starting point. Adrienne

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With respect to this issue, our concern is tied to the use of the definition of caregiver and how it applies to standing and civil proceedings, in particular the fact that the “care provider” here is broad enough to include foster parents. In Ontario, foster parents include those

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My earphone doesn't work. I'm sorry; I didn't hear anything.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you so much.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The first nations that have taken on jurisdiction currently number 17, in the brief we...it was a point in time. We anticipate that the 40 will follow through as well. The way this bill impacts our first nations is that it actually interferes with the process we've initiated in

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My name is Tracey O'Donnell. I'm from the Red Rock Indian Band, part of the Anishinabek Nation. I've worked, together with Adrienne Pelletier, on the development of the Anishinabek Nation Child Well-Being Law since its inception. The law, as Adrienne said, is based on first natio