Finance committee  The indigenous leadership initiative, which supports indigenous nations across the country to build indigenous protected and conserved areas, is a great opportunity for reconciliation. We're talking about shared relationships, meaning shared authority in many cases and indigenous

Finance committee  We know, based on studies here in the Northwest Territories and also in Australia with the example of the Australian rangers program and indigenous protected areas over there, that for every tax dollar that's invested in these programs, there's a savings of up to $3 for the Canad

Finance committee  If Canada is going to reach its international commitments and reach 30%, that pretty much means we have to double the size of our protected areas across the country. I would liken that to a quantity of land the size of Manitoba.

Finance committee  Okay, I am sorry to the interpreters. If Canada is going to reach its commitment to protect 30% of the country, we're at about 15% protected area now, so we need to double that, and that's a quantity of land the size of Manitoba. I would say that every indigenous community in

Finance committee  Thank you. I think the root causes of indigenous people flocking to regional centres in every province and region of the country are the assimilation policies and the impacts of those on our communities and regions. The indigenous leadership initiative in the budget we asked f

Finance committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to thank you for inviting me to present to you today on the budget ask for support for indigenous leadership in conservation and the indigenous guardian initiative. My name is Steven Nitah. I'm a representative of the Indigenous Leadership Ini

Finance committee  I will do that.

Finance committee  I have important things to say. I want you to be heard clearly. Thank you very much for this.

Finance committee  The Indigenous Leadership Initiative is a leading voice in Canada. We are partners in a seven-year research project called the conservation through reconciliation partnership, which supports indigenous leadership and conservation and indigenous guardians. Experts around the worl