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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The challenge is not to debate whether the right exists or not but how to get full effect of the right,
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Next year is going to be an extremely busy time for us. It's going to be a huge undertaking.
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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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People are anxious to bring this terrible chapter to a close.
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It's a wonderful day, ... I know that every moment has been worthwhile. Justice has prevailed.
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We have seen how far we can go in two years, imagine how far we can go in ten years.
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The government is not in the habit of handing out money.
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We can't be treated as secondary. We can't be an after-thought,
expressed issue minister
We don't take issue with anything the minister has expressed here today.
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We have filed a class action suit because we want to secure a place at the table, ... We want to establish some certainty in the process, that the views of the Assembly of First Nations will be considered as an essential matter in whatever agreement is concluded.
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We're extremely pleased. It's about symbolic recognition of the loss of languages and cultures.
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Unfortunately, many First Nations communities still lack the basic infrastructure to connect to the Internet,
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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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When we talk about an appropriate response, we're talking in the order of $5-billion.