Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I can't. This is important. We're taking advice from all of the medical experts right now in Canada. We're listening to the doctors and trying to follow that direction.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can add to that. We three leaders had a discussion with the Prime Minister with respect to what Canada was going to attempt to do and how it was going to go about distributing resources. That helped a lot and gave us a direction; it set the framework for us. Yes, everybody can

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In fact, the Métis government... what we did in Manitoba is we have a very close relationship.... We actually have RCMP posted right in our building because it's a long-term relationship we've built with them, to work in conjunction with our communities. Second, we actually put t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a very important question. What's so beautiful about the indigenous culture, in particular my culture—I'll speak, of course, of the Métis nation—is that the elders always come first. That's the number one priority of our systems. In fact, when COVID was being discussed

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I said, I do commend you, Gary. You're the first one to raise the Métis name and the whole issue of the media in northern Saskatchewan. It was always indigenous, indigenous, indigenous, and the concept that there was a crisis happening in the Métis community was getting lost.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me to speak. Natan—of course a very close friend of mine—it's great to see you again. Marlene, it's been a while since I saw you. It's great to hear your opinion and views. Natan, you'll see me now reading something, which I'm not typica

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

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  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  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  Okay, thank you.