Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would start by saying that the best interests need to be defined by the first nations and indigenous communities who will be enacting laws, rather than being provided by Canada, but then I also agree with what was said, that if it's going to be defined, it needs to be there. W

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll use my own agency, as I know it best. I have eight first nations, and they don't all belong to the same political-territorial organizations. I have a minimum of three, possibly four. They could choose not to even follow their PTOs; they could choose to do their own. That com

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon. [Witness spoke in Ojibwe] [English] I am from Alderville First Nation, and my name is Amber Crowe. I am the Executive Director of Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services, which is the newest mandated agency in Ontario, through the Ontario ministry.