Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, I just want to extend an invitation to anybody who would like to come and visit our reservation. Chief Diabo and I are willing hosts and tour guides.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think there's another thing we have to look at. Prior to becoming chief, I spent 16 years as the transportation supervisor for our school board, and our geography, again, is a big issue, because there's only one way on and off Cornwall Island. We have an international bridge go

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's the geography of the whole thing. Our district of Tsi Snaihne and the district of Kana:takon have water on the northern portion and then land on the southern portion. The only way to get there is through the United States, with all the border restrictions during COVID. Pr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Currently we have an agreement with the CBSA office in Cornwall. We have a remission order that allows that freedom. We don't have that same freedom at the Dundee port, which is on the easternmost part of our reservation. That leads us directly into Montreal. Really, what the J

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We do have pockets in our community, though, where we don't have cell service just because of the geography of our community. Sarah and I represent the same district. We live about a quarter of a mile from one another, and there are times when we don't get cell service at our hom

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will speak to that. In our community, for the last close to 50 years, on the northern portion we've had the Akwesasne Mohawk Police . It has only been in the last couple of years that we have let people come in and map our streets. Currently we don't have a 911 system, because