Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are a couple of things I can say quickly. We obviously need to understand the question. We don't understand the answer because we go into a community, and we assume we know the problem. We need to ask young people what the problem is. They'll tell you, and then we have to r

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's really important for us to think outside that box. I'd like to go back to a point I talked about earlier of creating a model where, if we're using what is available to us, people other than you or I or a promoter can share in the feast. Again, if I'm a crew member.... I

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I were a member of a crew, and somebody was shooting in my theatre, or if I were providing that access to the public, and people were going to pay to see the show, can we not create a residual for the crew, not just the writer, not just the actor, not just the comic, not just

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have to recognize the challenges in front of us and take those challenges one at a time. We can't just throw everything in and expect that the right answer is going to come out. At the front of end of this, we have to be better at managing and demonstrate that we have the abi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We need voices like yours, to start out with, and we need to make sure that we don't put our foot on the fat pedal. We've got to keep our foot on the skinny pedal. We have to keep moving forward because, regardless of what the immediate future brings, we have to plan in real time

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My comment was that because a lot of folks in our industry applied and got accepted at the front end of CERB, that clock runs out mid-July. There was only a period of time during which we qualified for it. We're asking now for an extension of that and an extension on where the cu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I do see that there's a possibility of its being slow, but as we open up, we have to be very aware of all the things we have to do to stay safe: to keep us safe and to keep you safe. That worries me a bit, although I say we need to get some activity to take place. That might no

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I know that right now, because there is no income for artists other than CERB—and if that's cut off—there are very few options. I say this because there is no way for an artist to make money. How does it affect them? I hate to say that it would be obvious, but it would affect the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are differences in that we were born here in this wonderful country, in this wonderful land. We didn't come here. We didn't sit in front of slave merchants on a ship. We were born here. The racism that I think has become our burden is how our governments, how our conquerors

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a constant. What we have to do to mitigate racism and the effects of racism, in my opinion, is that we have to take this word, a word called “love” and create a verb. We need to school in compassion and in empathy, but mostly we could become the cause, not follow the cause.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for bringing up the subject. There are a couple of points that I'll make quickly. One of them is creating health versus managing disease. Right now, we live at a very important crossroads in our time where we can spend all our time managing disease or we can

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we have to be very diligent and committed to finding ways to collaborate in a fashion where we aren't trying to spend our energy and time negotiating, but that, in fact, we spend our time and energy collaborating and deciding, based not on “you think I know”, but on you h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I want to thank you for your acknowledgement of North of 60. It was a great and wonderful time for me. Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak with the indigenous and northern affairs committee of the House of Commons. I'm proud to be here and I'm honoured to be

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay, some of you would. If you'd like to see a better Canada, say “I”.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If you'd like to see a better Canada, say “love”.