Public Safety committee  Your first question was again?

Public Safety committee  We are concerned with what is being done. Are we going to be held as terrorists, are we going to be labelled as terrorists, because we are expressing our concerns, through speeches, through demonstration rallies, which are all peaceful, on how to address our issues? In the legi

Public Safety committee  First of all, the reason I brought up these other issues like the Indian Act and so on is because the lady asked if there was a lack of hope amongst our people.

Public Safety committee  Yes. But anyway, there is lack of hope. Yes, I'm a member of council for Tsuut'ina Nation. I brought up the transparency act because we are targeted as indigenous peoples. We have no problem with being transparent to our peoples. We hold general meetings with the public, with o

Public Safety committee  I know. I'm getting there. With the government, when they provide us with grants, we have no problem. We submit those annually. We submit our audits annually. Whatever the federal government wants to do with those, it is up to them if they want to post them. Now they are asking

Public Safety committee  Is it a question of—

Public Safety committee  I know, but I'd like to reply. Is the question of why people are questioning why we do not want to provide our consolidated statements because our peoples tend to earn more money compared with mayors and other people who are entitled to have their own companies, and who have oth

Public Safety committee  I think I do. We're both talking sovereignty. Pam's talking sovereignty and so are we. We are sovereign nations. We were sovereign nations as we entered into treaty. In our treaties, Canada, the imperial crown, promised that they would protect our lands and protect us. They had a

Public Safety committee  The state of Canada needs to address the issues with the chiefs of the treaty nations. I'm only speaking for the treaty nations—that includes treaties one to 11—that have entered into treaty with the imperial crown. That's how Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, part of B.C., and On

Public Safety committee  The chiefs need an opportunity to review the intents of the legislation, so they have an opportunity to bring forward any concerns or issues that Canada needs to address. Then there can be proper understanding between the two parties. Our peoples will ensure that our treaty and i

Public Safety committee  From the way Canada has treated indigenous peoples, it is obvious that we are oppressed. It is obvious that our people are beginning to have a lack of hope because Canada is not living up to the responsibilities under our treaties and not recognizing our treaty and inherent human

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Dadanast’ada. Sizi naituigokoo at’a. Good afternoon. My name is Regena Crowchild. I'm a member of council with Tsuut'ina Nation, and with me is Terry Braun, who is our legal counsel. On behalf of Tsuut'ina Nation, I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We suggested that what we should be addressing is the implementation of treaty. Now when you do the implementation of treaty—the Prime Minister indicated last year and again in January that he would have serious discussions on treaty. That has yet to happen as well. We get all th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That would be fair to say. We tried to have proper consultation on that issue, but even though we made presentations to the province and to the representatives we were dealing with, our concerns were never met and were never dealt with properly.