Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  . That was such an attack on the power of the family, but it was just considered perfectly normal by the federal Indian affairs department, by the white school board: “Hey, that's how things are done in 2016.” I want to ask you, as a youth, about confronting this system that is still very much

Environment committee   this morning. From Public Services and Procurement Canada we have Duncan Retson. He is the director general, portfolio and government affairs sector, policy, planning and communications branch. Thank you very much for joining us. We have the Honourable John Godfrey here today as well

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   of all Canadians. I think of our first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, God bless his soul, who imprisoned indigenous peoples, stole our children, and stole our languages. There was Mackenzie King, who imprisoned Japanese Canadians. This House, though, has made many great

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act   on reconciliation and the implementation of aboriginal rights across Canada. As a member of the aboriginal affairs and northern development committee, I am particularly pleased to have the opportunity to address this subject. In 2010, it was this government that endorsed the United Nations

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  , the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, and the former minister, the Honourable John Duncan. Now is the time to come together as leaders, as chiefs and premier, and as neighbours to find a way to make these amendments work in a way that fits with our values. In conclusion, Mr. Chair, I believe

Committees of the House   and the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act, seven members of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development be authorized to travel to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, in the winter-spring of 2015, and that the necessary staff accompany the committee.

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   and all Canadians. Following consultations and assessments in 2010, the Prime Minister announced that the CHARS facility would be built in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. I was pleased to be in Cambridge Bay, joined by the Hon. John Duncan, Minister for Indian and Northern Affairs Development

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you shall find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mr. MacKenzie (Oxford) for Mr. Butt (Mississauga—Streetsville).

First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act  Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to rise to speak to Bill C-33, an act to establish a framework to enable first nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   a member of the Haida Nation in British Columbia. I'm also a practising lawyer. I've been practising in the aboriginal law area for the last 15 years throughout western Canada. Prior to that I spent four and a half years working for what was then the Department of Indian Affairs

Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Act  Mr. Speaker, there was some confusion between two members of the NDP the last time we debated this issue. The member for St. John's East was very clear that he expected the criteria to apply to all 101,000 applicants, whereas the member for Western Arctic made it clear that he

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the procedure and House affairs committee has already studied this subject at great length. The NDP was on this path during those committee hearings and got no support. As a matter of fact, the Auditor General has stated, as I said in my speech, that the controls

Business of Supply   disclosure, which has been widely accepted. This makes sense. The NDP, on the other hand, would have us do away with the current system entirely. It would have us set up a new system, based on the British system, which, according to evidence provided at procedures and House affairs

Business of Supply   taken to apply these principles in their personal affairs, specifically by improving transparency and accountability for travel and hospitality expenses. The motion in question calls for the travel and hospitality expenses of members of Parliament to be reported in a manner similar

First Nations Elections Act  , it is Ottawa, the Department of Indian Affairs, imposing upon the people themselves how situations are going to be resolved, rather than recognizing that in the 21st century it is not acceptable to treat an entire section of our Canadian population, basically, as a hostage people under