Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2012-03-28 19:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jonathan Genest-Jourdain (Manicouagan, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Jonathan Genest-Jourdain (Manicouagan, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2778398\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I would like to take advantage of this evening's late show to explore certain issues that I brought up in my initial speech about the living conditions of Attawapiskat residents. I would like to express some criticism regarding the government's wilful blindness to findings that have an undeniable impact on efforts to revitalize the social fabric of aboriginal communities in Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778399\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Conservative system, which is highly regulated but dehumanized, was unable to adequately deal with the media frenzy surrounding the living conditions of the Cree people in Attawapiskat. One of the government's major mistakes was its lack of on-site intervention and its unwillingness to implement culturally appropriate socio-economic rehabilitation measures. Third-party management is a prime example of an uninspired solution and demonstrates the failure of the government's blind delegation policies and of the fiduciary relationship between the Crown and Canada's aboriginal groups.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778400\" data-originallang=\"fr\">For two years, I worked for my own band council in Uashat, and I know that the federal government makes sure that it has specially selected representatives on the band councils and within the communities. The power of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development is now at the point where the federal government already has its pawns in place. Given that such is the case, the only alternative is to stand up to the federal government by invoking this principle of law that applies to all Canadians: No one can plead his own turpitude. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778401\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Through its wilful blindness, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has allowed a number of harmful situations to continue in aboriginal communities throughout the country. Believe me, the embezzlement, white collar crime, influence peddling and insider trading that interfere with the decision-making processes of tribal management entities\u2014the band councils\u2014have been reported by Canadian intelligence agencies. By way of information, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development sent workers into the community of Attawapiskat 10 times in the past year. The department was thus well aware of the deterioration of the social fabric and the problems related to housing and education, among other things.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778402\" data-originallang=\"fr\">This situation leads me to think that many aspects of socio-cultural dysfunction that can be seen on reserves in this country are in fact exacerbated by the importance placed on the extraction and wholesale use of the natural resources that are plentiful on our traditional lands, at the expense of any real implementation of culturally integrated intervention measures in communities that are struggling socially.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778403\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Indeed, when aboriginal people live in problematic situations and must focus all of their efforts on trying to find solutions to daily problems related to housing, for instance, their attention is turned away from their traditional lands, where mining exploration and huge forestry projects are under way at this time. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778404\" data-originallang=\"fr\">All of this distress and turmoil in communities allow the industry to focus its efforts on extracting resources from the land.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778405\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That is my submission.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2778398\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je profiterai de ce d\u00e9bat d'ajournement pour explorer certaines avenues mises en lumi\u00e8re lors de mon intervention initiale, qui portait sur les conditions de vie des citoyens d'Attawapiskat. Je formulerai ici un certain nombre de reproches ayant trait \u00e0 l'aveuglement volontaire des instances \u00e9tatiques quant aux \u00e9l\u00e9ments de conclusion affectant de mani\u00e8re ind\u00e9niable les efforts investis dans la revitalisation du tissu social des communaut\u00e9s aborig\u00e8nes au pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778399\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La m\u00e9canique conservatrice, certes r\u00e9gl\u00e9e au quart de tour mais d\u00e9shumanis\u00e9e, ne disposait que de peu de moyens face au d\u00e9raillement m\u00e9diatique entourant les conditions de vie des Cris d'Attawapiskat. Les lacunes observables tiennent \u00e0 l'absence d'intervention de terrain et de volont\u00e9 d'impl\u00e9mentation de mesures de redressement socio\u00e9conomique culturellement int\u00e9gr\u00e9es. La mise sous tutelle est l'arch\u00e9type de la solution poussive, t\u00e9moignant de l'\u00e9chec des politiques de d\u00e9l\u00e9gation aveugles par le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, des \u00e9l\u00e9ments propres \u00e0 la relation fiduciaire liant la Couronne et les groupes aborig\u00e8nes au pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778400\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'ai travaill\u00e9 deux ann\u00e9es pour mon propre conseil de bande, \u00e0 Uashat, et je sais que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral s'assure d'avoir des interlocuteurs choisis au sein des conseils de bande et au sein des communaut\u00e9s. Le pouvoir du minist\u00e8re des Affaires autochtones et du D\u00e9veloppement du Nord est \u00e0 ce point \u00e9tendu que le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a d\u00e9j\u00e0 ses pions sur le terrain. Pass\u00e9 ce constat, l'on ne peut qu'opposer \u00e0 l'organe \u00e9tatique canadien ce principe de droit applicable \u00e0 l'ensemble de la population canadienne: nul ne peut invoquer sa propre turpitude.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778401\" data-originallang=\"fr\">De par son aveuglement volontaire, le minist\u00e8re des Affaires autochtones et du D\u00e9veloppement du Nord a laiss\u00e9 nombre de situations d\u00e9l\u00e9t\u00e8res se perp\u00e9tuer au sein de cellules claniques aborig\u00e8nes au pays. On peut me croire, les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de malversation, de criminalit\u00e9 en col blanc, de trafic d'influences et de d\u00e9lits d'initi\u00e9s interf\u00e9rant avec les processus d\u00e9cisionnels propres aux entit\u00e9s de gestion tribales \u2014 les conseils de bande \u2014 sont r\u00e9pertori\u00e9s par les agences de renseignement canadiennes. \u00c0 titre informatif, le minist\u00e8re des Affaires autochtones et du D\u00e9veloppement du Nord a d\u00e9ploy\u00e9 des intervenants dans la communaut\u00e9 d'Attawapiskat \u00e0 10 reprises au cours de la derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e. Il est donc bien au fait de l'\u00e9tat de d\u00e9gradation du tissu social et des probl\u00e8mes li\u00e9s, entre autres, au logement et \u00e0 l'\u00e9ducation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778402\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cet \u00e9tat de fait m'am\u00e8ne \u00e0 penser que nombre d'\u00e9l\u00e9ments de dysfonction socioculturelle observables au sein des r\u00e9serves indiennes au pays sont en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 accentu\u00e9s par la primaut\u00e9 accord\u00e9e \u00e0 l'extraction et \u00e0 l'utilisation tous azimuts des ressources naturelles pr\u00e9sentes en abondance sur les territoires traditionnels, au d\u00e9triment d'une r\u00e9elle impl\u00e9mentation de mesures d'intervention culturellement int\u00e9gr\u00e9es au sein de communaut\u00e9s durement \u00e9prouv\u00e9es sur le plan social. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778403\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En effet, lorsque les Indiens vivent dans des situations probl\u00e9matiques et concentrent tous leurs efforts \u00e0 tenter de trouver une solution aux probl\u00e8mes quotidiens, entre autres li\u00e9s au logement, l'attention est d\u00e9tourn\u00e9e des territoires traditionnels, o\u00f9 \u00e0 l'heure actuelle, il se fait de la prospection mini\u00e8re et de l'intervention massive en foresterie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778404\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tout ce malaise et ce tumulte dans les communaut\u00e9s permettent \u00e0 l'industrie de concentrer ses efforts dans l'extraction des ressources de mani\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9rale sur le territoire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2778405\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je soumets le tout.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/3/28/jonathan-genest-jourdain-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jonathan-genest-jourdain/",
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    "source_id": "7196684",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
        "fr": "Motion D'Ajournement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Aboriginal Affairs",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/3/28/",
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