Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Government of Canada announces funding to examine the next step outlined in the Prairie Green Landfill Feasibility Study Report - Treaty 1 Territory

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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We acknowledge that families, leadership, many communities, organizations, and people across the country have asked the federal and provincial governments to search the Prairie Green Landfill.

Key Points: 
  • We acknowledge that families, leadership, many communities, organizations, and people across the country have asked the federal and provincial governments to search the Prairie Green Landfill.
  • Violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people is an ongoing crisis that needs to be addressed with the utmost urgency.
  • "Today's funding announcement is a promising and significant step forward in our collective journey toward helping families heal.
  • In February 2023, the Government of Canada announced $500,000 in funding to support a study conducted by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to determine if it is feasible to search the Prairie Green Landfill.

Manitoba's reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women's remains in landfill are a smokescreen

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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Indigenous activists and supporters gathered to protest the province’s decision not to fund a search for the bodies of Indigenous women believed to be at Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg.

Key Points: 
  • Indigenous activists and supporters gathered to protest the province’s decision not to fund a search for the bodies of Indigenous women believed to be at Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg.
  • Only the remains of one of the victims, Rebecca Contois, were recovered from the city-owned Brady Road landfill.
  • Indigenous women in Canada are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing than other women, according to the report.
  • In opposing the search, the Manitoba premier does not acknowledge the larger issue of the ongoing violence towards Indigenous women.

Technical issue?

    • Instead, the reasons provided by the Manitoba government to not search the landfill site centre on both technical concerns as well as financial considerations.
    • Indigenous leaders, including the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and the AFN, are not buying the province’s rejection of the search as a technical problem or safety concern.

High price tag?

    • Supporters have countered the potentially high price tag of the search (which could cost $184 million) by pointing out that in at least one other search — the 2021 search of a landfill near London, Ont.
    • for the remains of Nathaniel Brettell — the total cost of the search was neither publicly contemplated nor calculated in advance by policymakers and neither was it communicated by any media.

Lack of political will

    • It would seem that they believe a lack of institutional will is a factor.
    • It was not so long ago that federal Conservative Leader Stephen Harper also refused to consider the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people as a broader issue that warranted political action.
    • Such narrow framing and choosing not to deal with the issue through better policy decisions points to an ongoing lack of political, institutional will.
    • It would seem that where there is a political will, there is a way.

Statement - Government of Canada acknowledges feasibility study report on searching the Prairie Green Landfill - Treaty 1 Territory

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Friday, May 12, 2023
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Canada will continue to work with Indigenous partners and all levels of government to protect and empower Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

Key Points: 
  • Canada will continue to work with Indigenous partners and all levels of government to protect and empower Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people.
  • In February 2023, the Government of Canada announced funding to support a study conducted by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) to determine if it was feasible to search the Prairie Green Landfill.
  • Today, the AMC released the Prairie Green Landfill Feasibility Study Report, which concludes that a search of the Prairie Green Landfill is feasible.
  • The report outlines an approach and the considerations of searching for and potentially recovering the remains of the Indigenous women.

Nature Foundation announces appointment of Dr. Mark Dockstator as new Board Chair

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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Dockstator, who lives in Oakville, Ontario, also serves on other boards including the Rideau Hall Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Royal Military College.

Key Points: 
  • Dockstator, who lives in Oakville, Ontario, also serves on other boards including the Rideau Hall Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Royal Military College.
  • Dockstator draws from his personal experience in guiding his commitment to the Nature Foundation.
  • The Nature Foundation is an independent charitable entity supporting the Canadian Museum of Nature by inspiring philanthropic investments in nature for discovery, research and education to foster solutions for our future.
  • To discover more about the Nature Foundation, visit foundation.nature.ca or contact Laura Evans, Executive Director and Chief Advancement Officer ( [email protected] ).

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations meets virtually with First Nations leadership and partners in Manitoba

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Thursday, January 20, 2022
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Also, the Minister met with the Keewatin Tribal Council for a conversation on topics such as self-determination, COVID-19, housing and economic development opportunities.

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  • Also, the Minister met with the Keewatin Tribal Council for a conversation on topics such as self-determination, COVID-19, housing and economic development opportunities.
  • The Minister then met with Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee on issues most relevant to northern Manitoba First Nations.
  • The Minister then met with leadership of Fox Lake Cree Nation on the First Nation's Recognition of Indigenous Rights and Self-Determination discussion table and their Treaty Land Entitlement Claim.
  • Lastly, Minister Miller met with the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee, along with representatives of Entitlement First Nations signatory to the Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement.

Bell Let's Talk ramps up mental health support for Indigenous families and communities

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Thursday, January 20, 2022
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"Bell Let's Talk is pleased to build on our existing partnership with the Canadian Red Cross to bring new mental health resources to Indigenous families that need them now more than ever.

Key Points: 
  • "Bell Let's Talk is pleased to build on our existing partnership with the Canadian Red Cross to bring new mental health resources to Indigenous families that need them now more than ever.
  • "The continuing impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of Indigenous communities in Manitoba are significant and represent an added layer of challenge on top of the many compounding issues facing Indigenous youth and their families.
  • We look forward to supporting the development of their Friendly Calls program for Indigenous communities in partnership with Bell Let's Talk."
  • Today's announcement is a major commitment from this donation to support the accelerated and community-led delivery of mental health programming in Indigenous communities in Canada.