Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have proposed amendments under section 10. The AFN is proposing that section 10 be amended to provide for the following nominations of the first board of directors: Assembly of First Nations, three nominees; ITK, two nominees; MNC, two nominees; and the remaining two to five

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My comments might go over, so I think I might just jump quickly to the recommendations that the AFN has with respect to this bill. [Witness spoke in Cree and provided the following text:] Wahcheeyay misiway. RoseAnne Archibald nitishinikahsoon. Taykwa Ta

Finance committee  Meegwetch.

Finance committee  I'll definitely work with the AFN staff to submit our thoughts, feelings and a suggested approach. Ultimately, it's more difficult when we're talking about some of the underlying issues around systemic racism, but perhaps there is something that we can add on that as well. Thank

Finance committee  I don't want to localize it just to Ottawa. There are problems in this country, and this government has made some headway on some issues, but tackling the systemic racism that exists in all law enforcement agencies is a problem that needs to be solved. Tackling systemic racism wi

Finance committee  My concern is that the act is a tool, and the tool itself can actually name and place labels upon people. That's my concern. When we talk about the Emergencies Act, there has been a lot of talk about these far-right extreme groups that were linked to this “freedom convoy”. There

Finance committee  I just want to talk about how underlying all of my concerns is the systemic, overt and covert racism and how those impact first nations that are involved in civil actions. I am a former activist myself, and I have been involved in civil actions and have been charged. I think tha

Finance committee  Yes. I'm concerned for anyone who could wrongfully have their bank accounts frozen for civil actions that involve treaty and aboriginal and inherent rights—yes.

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. I don't speak French. I want to say yes. That's particularly our concern. We understand that extremist groups were involved in the situation in Ottawa. I felt it was very important to come to this committee to explain that first nations are neither

Finance committee  I was really speaking not so much about the charter as about the constitutionally protected treaty and aboriginal rights as recognized under section 35 of the Constitution. My concerns certainly are around issues of privacy for first nations and the implications of those. I hope

Finance committee  Yes. What concerns me, I think, more is who determines who gets on these lists? I just want to reiterate that first nations are not terrorists. This is our country. These are our lands. These are our waters. We have citizens who want to protect those Creator-given rights. We sh

Finance committee  Thank you very much, MP Blaikie. There needs to be more engagement with first nations. That's the first thing I would suggest, namely that this committee find a way to engage first nations across Canada on the deeper implications of the act its invocation. We're given five min

Finance committee  There is a need to complete the Constitution talks from the 1980s. I have called on the Prime Minister to have a table again with first nation leaders from across Canada, because that's the starting place of how we build this relationship in a truly equal and positive manner. Cou

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I would certainly appreciate that. I believe I left off talking about some of the implications of people's credit being downgraded when dealing with banks, so I'm going to finish off two more pieces. The invocation of the Emergencies Act has long-term negati

Finance committee  I want to back it up to the length of time the government took to respond to this protest. If these were indigenous protesters in downtown Ottawa beeping their horns and blocking streets, they would have summarily been arrested and removed. Failure to do that led to the Emergenci