Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. The concept of the bill and overseeing this reconciliation discussion is a great one, in theory, for sure. It is definitely needed. I'm just honestly trying to wrap my head around what we've heard from the other speakers and what I brought up as well, which is that all of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree 100%. I have been in this politics game for some time now. I got elected in my early twenties. I sat on council for 10 years before becoming the chief in 2018 and I was acclaimed just this past summer, so I'm relatively young in this game. I have been able to learn and h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The most challenging thing in Indian country is that all of our communities are on different parts of their journey to healing. When I look at WLFN and this big, bright light shining that we are an Indian country and that we've been able to spread our positivity throughout the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd love to. Thank you, Melissa, for sharing your story. We look across this country at first nation communities, first nation reserves, and it doesn't matter how successful these communities are: We continue to see the same trends in trying to narrow that socio-economic or s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Melissa can go first, please. I see her there.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I have never presented to the committee, so is it an opening statement with regard to who I am and where I come from that we're looking for today?