Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Powlowski, if I may, it's Robert Louie. I want to just refresh people's thoughts here with regard to the force of law with regard to land codes. We represent our constituents, who are self-governing. To look at the Indian Act, to rely on the Indian Act.... Any of the secti

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Andrew, would that be something you'd want to tackle first?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, honourable member. We believe the changes would be more immediate, more urgent, with the Attorney General directly involved. This is the ministry with perhaps the highest recognized designation, and I think it would command a lot more immediate attention, pa

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have several recommendations, and in our opinion they're all equally important. Having the Canada indigenous justice strategy express commitment to tackling the enforcement of laws as a short-term priority is important. Having the federal Attorney General as the lead minister

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Ms. Damoff. I would like to defer this question to my colleague Andrew Beynon, if that's all right. He's been working quite a bit on this project.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Ms. Blaney, for your question. We do have some things happening that are positive. I think the positiveness is the willingness by provinces, territorial governments and the federal government to listen and to want to work on some solutions. We've started tha

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the benefits would be significant, in the sense that we would have a system whereby the community would rely on their own policing system. However, the problem with that, of course, is the cost, and you've heard from the chief, who gave testimony, that the costs there are

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, honourable committee member. We did have these examples. I guess the most prevalent is Chief Heidi Cook. She has a community with a land code, and I believe you heard some of her testimony. That was a prime example that really started the spark about the RC

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good day, Mr. Chair and honourable committee members. I am Robert Louie, chairman of the Lands Advisory Board. My colleague is Andrew Beynon, who works in the First Nations Land Management Resource Centre. He will also be presenting. We represent the first nations that are se