Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I just want to add something. As I was listening to you speak.... We talk about time, and I was thinking, as you did your land acknowledgement, that it didn't take any time at all for people to start putting land acknowledgements in place, because it really didn't cost anything

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I want to express my frustration. It's not just this government; it's been virtually every government that I've had to work with for the last 40 years to try to move things forward and to try to get the jurisdictional authority for child welfare back into the hands of indigenous

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If you have a recommendation that you'd like to put forward, would you please put it forward so that people can take it into consideration and we can move forward more quickly? That's what I would say.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hopefully you can hear me. I'm having difficulty with my microphone. I would agree with Mr. Obed. That's a big conversation that needs to be had, and I don't think it has anything directly to do with putting this together.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You say you haven't seen anything, but I've actually been sitting in on a lot of the conversations on the missing and murdered across Canada. I've heard that a lot of organizations and women across Canada are actually actively engaged in looking at that and trying to put those pi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, just as Natan and Marie said, it's taken so long to get the kinds of recognition and conversations going that are actually going to make a difference for indigenous peoples across Canada. The Constitution [Technical difficulty—Editor] upholding those rights and obligations

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] rather not have to do the same thing and run around to try to find a [Technical difficulty—Editor].

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're right. It's at the University of Manitoba.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're welcome.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's a great experience. There's a lot of educational opportunity there. There's usually a whole team of people who are present. There's a bit of an archive right in the centre so that people can come. It is a small centre, though—you're right—in terms of how many people

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Ahneen. Good evening. My name is Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux. I am the chair of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation governing circle and an honorary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I'm also a proud member and resident of the Chippewas o