First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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'We're wasting time,' federal government lawyer whispers loudly #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:33:39 PM -
Falconer: Can I ask INAC 'how to get around' jurisdictional problem that the federal government funds First Nation education? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:32:39 PM
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Falconer: I have objection to the question 'how does the jury get around your inconvenient jurisdictional challenges' 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:31:09 PM
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Half a dozen lawyers now trying to explain nuances First Nations leadership, political organizations #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:29:47 PM
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Families' lawyer Christa Big Canoe: It's a very stereotypical approach to assume that 1 chief can speak for all Chiefs #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:21:21 PM
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Question allowed. Coroner's counsel: 'There is this problem that NAN cannot direct Chiefs...how does jury make a recommendation? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:18:25 PM
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Falconer: 'Politically charged' issue. 'Can't ask the CAO of NAN 'what do I do about the Chiefs that run' another organization. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:15:51 PM
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Lawyers arguing about whether Boissoneau can be asked a question about how Chiefs could be convinced to collect student info #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:13:04 PM
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Tzemenakis: benefit to NAN, @ChiefsofOntario , AFN submitting joint funding proposals? Boissoneau: sounds too political #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:04:49 PM
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Tzemenakas raises INAC mandate letter, says more funding may be on its way. Boissoneau: no change to 2016/17 funding agreement #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:01:40 PM
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Feds lawyer Greg Tzemenakas: I'd like to ask you some clarification questions. Is that okay? Boissoneau: Do I have a choice? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:58:20 PM
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Federal government lawyer objects to questions about proposal-driven funding, asks relevance to student deaths #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:56:28 PM
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Boissoneau : Proposal-based funding 'doesn't allow us to work, just puts us in fear of not working' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:54:40 PM
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Boissoneau: some funding approvals don't come through until March, year-long targets must be met in 30 day before end of fiscal #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:53:50 PM
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Boissoneau: 'When there's a death in a community, the community shuts down, it's all crisis management' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:48:14 PM
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Elson: Individual First Nations have many more responsibilities than municipalities or towns #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:47:08 PM
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Boissoneau: We're constrained by what the government priorities are. We have to fit within that [to receive funding] #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:06:06 PM
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'It's frustrating trying to plan the year' when funding proposals remain in limbo, Boissoneau says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:05:06 PM
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Boissoneau says some NAN staff laid off at end of fiscal year as NAN awaits response to funding proposals. 'Who wants that job?' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:03:22 PM
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Boissoneau: NAN charges an admin fee on proposals as a 'creative way' of covering difference in funding vs. operating costs #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:01:44 PM
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Boissoneau says 97 % of NAN funding is 'program $', requires proposals, applications to be written each year #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 5:00:30 PM
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Boissoneau says 'core funding' for NAN from INAC is 'nearly not designed to support us at full capacity' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:58:26 PM
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'Some people save up for vacations, we save up to go to meetings,' Boissoneau says of travel costs in remote First Nations #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:56:40 PM
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Boissoneau says ~34 NIshnawbe Aski Nation communities are fly-in only. Costs $800 - $1500 per person to fly out #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:55:32 PM
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Boissoneau says some chiefs meetings result in 60 - 80 resolutions, although lately 'minimized' to ~25 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:52:06 PM
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Boissoneau says NAN 'speaks' through resolutions, passed by majority vote by chiefs #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:49:40 PM
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Boissoneau says Nishnawbe Aski Nation cannot give direction to chiefs, says direction comes from communities, chiefs to NAN #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:48:11 PM
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation lawyer Falconer: Unfortunately 1 Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose, no longer DGC due to personal reasons #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:37:41 PM
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Sorry, that's CAO, Boissoneau is Chief Administrative Officer at @NANComms #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:35:49 PM
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Next witness is Travis Boissoneau (pronounced Buzz-no in these parts). CEO of Nishnawbe Aski Nation. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:34:01 PM
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On break now. Looks like we're going to hear from @NANComms exec. director next, before Indigenous Affairs officials. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:12:06 PM
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Frenette: most important thing is that First Nations communities are involved + respected in how information is going to be used #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:10:30 PM
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Juror asks Frenette to suggest a recommendation that would help w/collection of data re: First Nation students, success #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 4:09:26 PM
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'At times we were at the table by ourselves,' Frenette says of the Education Partnership table with Feds, province #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:52:12 PM
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Frenette says Feds give $ to 'develop student safety resources' but not 'to go out and provide the services' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:47:05 PM
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Federal government provided $ for a 'student photo database' for all First Nations students attending school in the city #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:45:34 PM
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'We're all hopeful that's going to come in the budget,' Feds lawyer Greg Tzemenakis says of increased First Nation education $ #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:43:29 PM
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Lawyer for Feds says new INAC mandate is to increase First Nations education funding 'to make it more reliable + sustainable' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:40:56 PM
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'We do have communities that have developed on-the-land' experiential learning courses,' Frenette says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:31:04 PM
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Frenette: Pikangikum has a high school but 'because of the portables and the overcrowding not all students can attend there' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:27:10 PM
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Lawyer: Do you know of anything that's going to happen any time soon to address this funding gap? Frenette: No #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:07:11 PM
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Frenette reading Treaty 9, Treaty 5 clauses that say the Crown promises teachers and schools to Nishnawbe Aski First Nations #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:05:19 PM
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Frenette says about 3/4 of 49 Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities do not have high schools #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:02:29 PM
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Frenette says ongoing discussions with INAC re: increased funding for schools, students, but 'absolutely no commitments' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 3:00:45 PM