Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think this is a very critical question. One of the things I dealt with when I was chief—and this was an issue that was handed down to me from former chiefs.... We called this land that was taken away from us “the hole in the middle of the table”. That land was taken away from

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that's something we have to seriously consider—some of the supplies to environmental groups purchasing properties on behalf of indigenous tribes in the United States, or renters who want to turn over some of their former lands to tribal lands. What I envision in the trus

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are quite a number of examples right across the country. When we talk about economic reconciliation as it applies to lands, one of the examples I gave was in the city of Winnipeg with the Kapyong properties. That development alone will translate to literally billions of do

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just to reinforce the notion, a lot of this really solidified after Russia invaded Ukraine. What I realized at that point in time was that Canada needed energy and food certainty, and the only way to accomplish that would be to deal directly with first nations that are impacted.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've suggested that the federal government vacate federal corporate tax room, so that first nations would be able to benefit from that. That would go directly to first nations. We're also looking at—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's exactly right. We would be looking at the interface with provincial governments, and they would, hopefully, be doing the same thing. The discussions we're having right now with the Province of Manitoba are about providing a registry for mining, etc. That would also benefit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The obvious community that's always talked about is Attawapiskat. It's a remote community. It had an agreement with De Beers mining for diamonds, but couldn't fulfill all of the jobs that were available. A lot of that was because they just didn't have the expertise locally and th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's true. One litmus test that I always look at is this: Can you take this to the bank? Impact benefit agreements are finite. They can come and go, depending on the negotiations. If you get federal tax room, you can go to the bank with it. You can use the First Nations Finan

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In essence, a resource charge would help facilitate resource development and extraction throughout Canada. This really came about after many years of thinking about how we could benefit from the resources that are exploited from our traditional territories and, in particular, my

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon. I am Manny Jules, chief commissioner for the First Nations Tax Commission. I was also chief of the Kamloops Indian Band from 1984 to 2000. Thank you for the invitation to appear before this committee as part of your lands back study, specifically the examinatio

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will put in my two bits. One of the concepts that I've been advocating for, and it's something that's been percolating under this thinking cap for quite a while, is a first nations resource charge. Canada is at a crossroads. It needs all kinds of metals to be able to function

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. All of the parliamentarians would answer our prayers and answer the prayers of the communities that we work with and serve. We want this legislation to be passed as quickly as possible so that we can get on to the taksis but also the task of building new and better in

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What we wanted to be able to do through these particular amendments, which also set the stage for other institutional development into the future, is to clarify that first nations do have the jurisdiction of enforcement and are able to follow, in our case, tax arrears off reserve

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To add, we had, as Jason was saying, about 50°C temperatures. My uncle's family had their entire homes all burnt down in Lytton. When we start talking about the infrastructure institute, that's going to mean that we're going to have to adapt. We're going to have to have fire-hard

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I learned a lot from my dad. I was mentored by him. When I was about 11 years old, he was chief of my community, and I wondered what he did that was so important that people would want to visit him and talk to him about it. It was because of his vision that he created Mount Paul