Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. This is very good. Well, let me speak maybe to something as straightforward as additions to reserves, for example. Additions to reserves are preventing many communities from accessing economic development opportunities. In Manitoba, for example, the Kapyong

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll try to be even more specific. Let's take enforcement. It's a big issue. As I've indicated, enforcement is not happening. We're not getting the full support. We believe a strong recommendation this committee could consider and recommend is that Canada needs to a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's very preliminary. We haven't really gotten down to the nitty-gritty of “let's make things happen”. It's slow. Bureaucracy is slow and we're having trouble getting the minister's response. Granted, there has been an election, and I think, perhaps, that's been part of the prob

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would love to answer that question. I found my English button way too late. I apologize. I desperately want to answer the question. I will have to have that question posed again. I have my interpretation button on now.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, honourable member. This is a very good question. The enforcement issue is a big issue. Let me put it this way. We have law-making powers. Government supported us becoming self-governing in our communities. Now, government can't just say, “Here are the law-ma

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Vidal, for your question. Environmental contamination is a big issue for us, and I touched upon it briefly in the legacy aspect of the barriers. First, with regard to our communities that have land codes, we have 103 operational land codes and 194 signatories tha

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, honourable members of the standing committee. My name is Robert Louie. I'm speaking to you today as the chairman of the Lands Advisory Board, representing the framework agreement on first nations land management across Canada. We work with first nat