Ginette Lavack

Mr. Speaker, artists and art leaders from across Canada are in Ottawa today for the Canadian Arts Coalition's annual arts day on the Hill. I am proud to represent St. Boniface—St. Vital, where arts and culture are an integral part of our identity. From the 100-year-old Théâtre Cercle Molière to WAG-Qaumajuq, our cultural institutions bring us together, tell our stories and help us understand [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to welcome all my colleagues to Ottawa. It's a pleasure to see them again. I would also like to welcome the new committee members. I was delighted to see the teamwork in this committee. I look forward to continuing along the same lines. I would like to thank all the witnesses for joining us and for sharing their testimonies. Ms. Christensen, I would like to [more]

Thank you.

Thank you. I have one last quick question. Regarding other current challenges, municipal zoning reform in the north is one of them. Is it keeping pace with the construction of new housing? Could we make any improvements to municipal zoning?

Madam Speaker, first nations have been calling for this kind of service, if I can call it that, for over 20 years. We have been told that they lack the necessary and sustained resources and mechanisms to ensure that treaties are fully implemented. If this bill is not passed, it means we will continue to find ourselves embroiled in litigation and other similar legal proceedings. With the ongoing [more]

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and welcome him back to the House. I really appreciated the opportunity to work with him on the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. To answer his question, I would say that, although other institutions do exist to ensure the implementation of treaties, we heard very clearly from first nations members that there was a lack of [more]

Madam Speaker, the commissioner's role is to be an independent body with oversight over treaties. They are there to do the reporting and provide recommendations, but also to ensure that any recommendations are implemented by the various departments. Many of these treaties will cross a multitude of departments, which will have responsibilities to ensure the proper implementation of them. The role [more]

Madam Speaker, my colleague has rightly pointed out that there are already mechanisms dealing directly with treaty implementation, yet our modern treaty partners have continued to identify gaps in the implementation of these treaties. They themselves at committee have been telling us, and asking us for independent oversight. Does that not suggest that the issue is not simply the number of bodies [more]

Québec Centre Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member fortoday. C-10 It is with gratitude and respect that I rise at the third reading of Bill, the commissioner for modern treaty implementation act. This bill represents a meaningful opportunity to respond to indigenous advocacy, honour constitutional obligations and advance reconciliation in a way that is practical, measurable [more]