Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. That's a really important question. I apologize that I have to leave shortly for another meeting, but I really appreciate this opportunity. In terms of that question on what it does to the leadership, it creates doubt in their minds when there should be no doubt. Ther

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you. Yes, there have been discussions, but unfortunately the Department of Finance is right up there with DFO in terms of being anti-reconciliation. There has been some movement. We have tables across the country on the section 87 tax exemption. The OSR, own-source

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I have two quick comments. On the resource side, Canada's mandate in treaty is to take away funding from first nations. It might be a surprise to you, but it takes away tax exemptions. It allows B.C. to remove property transfer tax. Canada imposes a 50% own-source revenue penal

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the excellent question. Tla'amin Nation and many other nations I work with have not expressed interest in taking over criminal prosecutions, but we do separate land jurisdiction from criminal action. The nations I work with are willing to support and work with the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you to the honourable member and to the whole committee. These are very helpful and important discussions. I'll mention briefly the treaty side. We would really hope for government negotiators to be mandated to open up the space. Rather than forcing the imposition of fe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a really, really important question. Going back to the drug dealer eviction I mentioned, the RCMP wouldn't come at first. They're good folks, but I think they're confused about what their mandate is and whether first nation laws are just municipal bylaws or real laws. We k

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I'll keep this brief. We were very pleased to see the funding. It's a major commitment. It shows a commitment to reconciliation. It's much needed. We just hope that first nations will co-develop it in how it's spent. Just to follow up on Mr. Yang's comments

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, honourable member. I work with Tla'amin on treaty negotiations. The problem is implementation. We sit down and we negotiate something at a treaty; it's not perfect, but it's constitutionally protected. Then we try to activate it, and we look around and see t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll make a few comments and see if Mr. Yang wishes to add to them. First of all, there's no treaty funding for enforcement. It's a blank. It's a gap in the treaty. Tla'amin is consistently rejected for guardian funding. We apply under the guardian program and we don't get it, s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, and thank you to the honourable member for the question. I know the chiefs and representatives will have many suggestions. It's an interesting question. The first part is the funding. If we had the funding and if the government stepped out of t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Derek. Greetings from the west coast of Canada. Good afternoon, eastern Canada. Emote from Tla'amin. Thank you for the opportunity. My name is Murray Browne. I'm legal counsel for Tla'amin. Thank you for the opportunity. My name is Murray Browne. I'm legal counsel