Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure. B.C. has a tripartite first nations health plan. The first document was quite slim—I think under 10 pages. The next plan after they finished their initial mandate was much longer. I think first nations, Inuit and Métis have actually described well where they would like to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, and I hope we have talked about UNDRIP and decisions being made about indigenous health without indigenous people at the table. That time should be over for a couple of reasons. Indigenous decision-making is more than making a system faster so that more indigenous people c

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's an excellent question. I hope you will keep asking that question of a number of professionals. Really quickly, absolutely, I'm getting learners ready so that they're eligible to apply to medical school, and that's in undergraduate and even high school programs. Admissi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's great. This is a subject area that I can talk about for a while. The First Nations Health Authority has been evolving for many years and now is a first nations health organization that has close to 1,000 employees helping about 160,000 first nations people in B.C. There

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I am here as a dual representative: as the deputy chief medical officer at first nations and Inuit health branch headquarters in Ottawa, but also as the vice president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada. The Indigenous Physicians Associati