Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Go ahead.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. As I said in my earlier references, this is the blueprint that gives clarity for everyone. I think when you look at it from the context.... That's why, if you heard me loud and clear, this is not a veto. You could record me over and over, and we woul

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for allowing us to come to this very important committee. I want to start off by saying good morning to everyone and thank you to the members of the committee for inviting me to speak today. My apologies for a late submission that is coming your

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you again for that question, Mr. Vidal. From our perspective, as I said, I do commend the federal government on this action. If there's a lesson to be learned here, this is a good one. It is working. The ministers are stepping in behind the scenes and making it clear that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If you don't mind, Marcus, let me start off with Manitoba. Of course you know we're in red and orange. We're definitely in one hell of a crisis here right now. It's a scary place to be right now. We're at 97% capacity in our hospitals province-wide. There's just no way that anybo

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Adam. Let me say this. Engagement with officials is sometimes a massive challenge, especially federally. When they talk about FNIHB, again, that department is keeping an old policy that should have been thrown out with the garbage a long time ago, because it

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay, thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First, let me go back to your first question about northern Alberta. The Métis communities in northern Alberta are feeling really hard-hit on the pipeline closure and the length of time getting Trans Mountain back into perspective. There's big support, of course, for that economi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  From our perspective, I think it's mental health, as you just heard in the question from Pam. I think these are the key things. For example, if we had a crash in our community.... The provinces collect our data right now. If, say, one of our villages had a massive...like Lac La B

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure the question is posed to me. I do not speak French; I speak Saulteaux. I apologize for that, if the question is posed to me. I also apologize that my document was not translated before it got here. If somebody can repeat the question.... I heard “Louis Riel”. Is it

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, thank you. I couldn't understand it. I have very good French translators here, but I don't have them in my office.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. If I want it in English, I press English.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for that question. Let me start by saying, again, that I do apologize for not having it in French. However, let me say this. I think that Louis Riel.... Of course, we're celebrating the 150th anniversary here in Manitoba of Riel bringing Manitoba into Confed

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Let me say this. Canada's response to the Métis nation by the Prime Minister has been excellent. Where the problem lies is in the internal policies of government, and those are long-standing policies. For example, on health, the department of FNIHB—the first nations and Inuit hea

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's an open-ended question because you look at the mental health situation, the opioids, and decriminalization at the same time. First of all, there's not enough space. That's key. There's no question about it. People are waiting right now; sometimes they wait a year or two yea