Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I think that would be hugely beneficial. I think the other side of it is that it may not even be trilateral. We could even talk quadrilateral because of the portion of Treaty 3 that is in Manitoba as well. We could make sure that all of those jurisdictions are at the table

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Totally, and I will do my best to do it as quickly as possible as well. What you see in the slides are two parallels of governance. One is the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty 3 and the other is western governance systems, in that instance harmonized through the signing of Treaty 3.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's huge. The mental, emotional and spiritual impacts of evacuation from your home are absolutely massive. One of the biggest issues is because of the different jurisdictions that Akwesasne is dealing with. In Treaty No. 3, we're in Manitoba and Ontario, and then water flows i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. We need to be more prepared for evacuation. We need to build up and have better access in terms of roadways, right? If you have only one access spot to a community and that gets flooded out, your access to food and medical help is taken away. We need to have better access ro

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure, and I think the first thing I'd touch on there is that it wasn't just the spring, and that was the issue in Treaty No. 3 this year. Normally when we have a flood event, it starts at the headwaters and we have that flood, and then by July and August it has flowed through the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For sure. We've had this conversation around the infrastructure that's currently in the Rainy Lake-Lake of the Woods system. A lot of that has been around for decades now. There are natural choke points along the way, and that's where you can't get enough water through the Rain

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Good morning, everyone. My name is Lucas King, and I'm the director of the territorial planning unit at Grand Council Treaty #3. I certainly appreciate the invitation to be here today and to work together with the federal government on the critical issues of water re