Phil Fontaine
Phil Fontaine
Larry PhillipFontaine, OC OMis an Aboriginal Canadian leader. He completed his third and final term as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009...
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It's a wonderful day, ... I know that every moment has been worthwhile. Justice has prevailed.
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Unfortunately, many First Nations communities still lack the basic infrastructure to connect to the Internet,
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We're extremely pleased. It's about symbolic recognition of the loss of languages and cultures.
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There are at least 100 First Nations communities that are in a boil-water situation. There are at least 40 of those in Ontario.
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Any suggestion that one supports the objectives and the targets but not the approximately $5 billion allocated to these targets is of great concern to us because we won't be able to meet the targets without money.
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This is an incredible opportunity for us, and we can't let it slip by.
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decades in time, innumerable events and countless injuries to First Nations individuals and communities.
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People are anxious to bring this terrible chapter to a close.
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Our position is that it must be implemented as is. It's a very complex agreement. A lot of detail. Very delicate proposition and any tinkering with the proposed compensation package would cause it to unravel. And that's a view held very clearly by our experts who were involved in the negotiations.
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It highlighted the extreme circumstances that many of our communities live in - poor drinking water, poor health care, poor housing, poor schools, no recreational facilities, high unemployment.
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Canada has a Third World in its front yard and back alleys. That is a national tragedy and an international embarrassment.
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Canada has a Third World in its front yard and back alleys,
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I know there are pessimists and cynics who think this process will fail. I disagree.
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The challenge is not to debate whether the right exists or not but how to get full effect of the right,