Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, without being an alarmist, you would have young mothers who wouldn't get formula for their children, and they'd be living in poverty. You would have people who come to food banks not having access to that food. You'd have people in drug and alcohol counselling no longer hav

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think I would dodge that question entirely by saying many of the people we serve in communities don't have an income to apply a tax credit against. That's the nature of the business that we do. We're a food bank to a lot, a shelter to a lot of people, and a front-line service d

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I would say, first off, we do provide a go-between, in general, between the aboriginal community and the non-aboriginal community in many respects. With respect to education, a lot come in to attend education programs and get direct services from loca

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. Local friendship centres across the country receive a total, including the allocation to run the national office, of $16,173,000 a year. That's the core funding. That's to keep the buildings open. If you do it on a full-time equivalent numb

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to thank the committee very much for the opportunity to come to speak with you today and share some of our perspectives on aboriginal education. The clerk informed me that you're focusing particularly on post-secondary education, and we'll try to guide our comments towar