Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The highlight for me was a tax-sharing agreement in New Brunswick, but which Premier Higgs ended last year. I'm sure Ms. Atwin is familiar with that. That had generated some millions of dollars for individual communities on a tax-sharing arrangement. It allowed those communities

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Part of my presentation this morning was leading in that direction. What I was saying by “let's work together” is that we have laid out a very ambitious legislative agenda. One of the things we want to see passed in federal legislation is a first nations infrastructure institute.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Let's work together.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon. My name is Manny Jules. I am the chief commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission. Thank you for the invitation to appear before this committee to address your study on barriers to indigenous economic development. The city of Ottawa has just witnessed a p