Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-05-02 10:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Joan Crockatt (Calgary Centre, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Joan Crockatt (Calgary-Centre, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3691112\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today in support of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-33, the first nations control of first nations education act</a>. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691113\" data-originallang=\"en\">I had an opportunity to travel to the Kainai First Nation in February. One morning there was an absolutely magnificent sunrise on the trip from Calgary to Kainai. It was so apt, because this really is a new dawn for our first nations. This is an historic agreement. It has been 41 years that they have been waiting for control over first nations education, and this is a bill that all opposition members should be fully behind. This changes the trajectory for our first nations people in giving them control over their own education. It really is a huge accomplishment. We on the government side of the House recognize the inherent value of working together with our first nations to achieve this kind of a breakthrough in first nations education. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691114\" data-originallang=\"en\">The NDP in particular continues to perpetuate myths and distort the bill. I would like to take the opportunity today to set the record straight. I feel very passionately about this because I spoke to the leaders in education, people like Chief Charlie Weasel Head, who really believe that this is going to change the future for them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691115\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to examine each of these myths one by one. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691116\" data-originallang=\"en\">Some are saying that first nations do not need the government to tell them how to educate their children and if the government would just give them funding without strings attached, first nations would be better off. In fact, as it stands now, first nation students are the only students in this entire country who do not benefit from minimum legislated standards for such things as teacher qualifications or attendance requirements. The result is that kids from these reserves have diplomas from first nation schools that are not recognized by post-secondary institutions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691117\" data-originallang=\"en\">Do the NDP and Liberals really want that? Do we want those kids to finish their schooling thinking that they can get into post-secondary institutions and then be denied that opportunity? No, we do not want that. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691118\" data-originallang=\"en\">The bill, in consultation with our first nations, proposes five basic minimum standards that would ensure our first nation kids would have access to the same high-quality education as kids from the rest of the country. As well, it would allow for flexibility to incorporate first nations language and culture. Those are two things that are really key in the bill, including first nations language immersion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691119\" data-originallang=\"en\">Another misconception being spread about the bill is that it would not actually give first nations control over their education systems. Well, Chief Charlie Weasel Head, National Chief Shawn Atleo, the educators I spoke to, and the many other leaders who were there for that announcement on that day entirely disagree.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691120\" data-originallang=\"en\">It has been claimed that the minister would have the ability to appoint temporary administrators to take back control of first nations education because the joint committee would also be appointed by the minister. Let me set the record straight on that too. The goal of the bill is to improve outcomes for first nation students on reserve, and both first nations and the government agree that this is best achieved through first nations control over education.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691121\" data-originallang=\"en\">To this end, the bill has been structured to, one, allow first nations to choose their own governance model; two, develop and deliver their own curriculum; three, choose how they are going to incorporate language and culture if they wish to do so; four, choose their own inspectors; five, control the hiring and firing of their teachers; and six, determine how their students are going to be assessed and how the school calendar will be structured to meet a set number of days.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691122\" data-originallang=\"en\">The joint council of education professionals would have five to nine members, all of whom would have to have knowledge of and/or experience in elementary or secondary education. Four of them would be nominated by the AFN, based on their own selection process. These are people who are very skilled in education. They have a strong track record and they want to mentor their own people to be able to deliver this kind of quality education.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691123\" data-originallang=\"en\">The chair of the committee would be recommended by the minister in consultation with the Assembly of First Nations, and, further, the legislation would ensure that the minister must consult with the joint council on matters related to the creation of first nation education authorities, appointing temporary administrators, and creation of regulations. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691124\" data-originallang=\"en\">This shows an unprecedented level of both trust and respect for the idea that first nations people will know how to deliver education that is going to meet the future needs of their first nations kids.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691125\" data-originallang=\"en\">Another erroneous myth surrounds money. The NDP claims that the core funding is not enough. It says that $1.2 billion over three years does not go far enough and that the new funding supports have to begin immediately. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691126\" data-originallang=\"en\">It does not surprise me that the NDP is mistaken again. The bill would establish a statutory funding obligation on the part of the minister not only to fund education but also to do this in a way that allows for quality services that are reasonably comparable to those off-reserve services in the provincial system, and that is key.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691127\" data-originallang=\"en\">Economic action plan 2014 confirmed the new investments of $1.252 billion in core funding beginning in 2016, in addition to the $1.55 billion that we already spend on first nations education every year. These are big numbers, and they need to be there because education is so important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691128\" data-originallang=\"en\">We removed the 2% cap that was put in place by the Liberals and we replaced it with a 4.5% escalator that is going to ensure the sustainability of this funding. It is estimated that over the next five years we are going to spend $9.2 billion in core funding alone for first nations education. Our Conservative government has committed all along to the principle of investing in these reforms.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691129\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is worth noting that the NDP voted against this much needed funding, which was included in economic action plan 2014. What else is new? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691130\" data-originallang=\"en\">Members from the NDP also took issue with infrastructure investments, in one case even claiming that the government should be spending upward of $50 million per school in over 600 communities. We do believe that investments are needed in infrastructure, but we do not want all the money that should be spent on the education of these kids, our kids, on these reserves going into bricks and mortar. We have to do that efficiently and make sure that, yes, our first nations students have safe and proper facilities in which to learn, but, more importantly, that they also have funding for the teachers and the programming that are going to help them succeed in the future. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691131\" data-originallang=\"en\">We will use $500 million to support new school projects and renovations to existing school infrastructure across the country in a way that ensures healthy, quality, safe environments for first nations students.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691132\" data-originallang=\"en\">Another common refrain that we hear is that Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-33</a> is simply a cosmetic change from the draft legislative proposal released in November. Our first nations leaders certainly do not believe that. I would like to point out that the five conditions for success were set out in a resolution by the Assembly of First Nations at its Special Chiefs Assembly in December. Our Conservative government worked collaboratively to respond to these conditions in the <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">first nations control of first nations education act</a>. These conditions are now going to be entrenched in law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691133\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is truly amazing. This is one of the moments that all Canadians should be celebrating as absolutely historic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691134\" data-originallang=\"en\">We will establish, in legislation, control by first nations of their own elementary and secondary school systems, recognizing first nations treaty rights and respecting their inherent right to self-government. We will create an independent joint council of education professionals with a robust oversight role to ensure that ministerial powers are only used as a last resort. It would ensure in law the ability to incorporate first nations language and culture programming into the education curriculum, including immersion. It would establish in law, for the first time in history, a statutory funding obligation on the part of the minister for education on the reserves. It would establish in law the requirement for ongoing, meaningful engagement on first nations education by the Government of Canada, supported by the joint council.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691135\" data-originallang=\"en\">Anyone who suggests that Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-33</a> did not take into account the input of first nations is simply wrong. I hope that I was able to reassure the House that the misconceptions being perpetuated by the NDP hold no water.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691136\" data-originallang=\"en\">I call on all members to support this bill, including the NDP and the Liberals, who have been strangely silent on this bill despite the fact their own government proposed something very similar just before it fell in 2005. They have been silent on this bill. I call on all of them to support this bill. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691137\" data-originallang=\"en\">As Shawn Atleo said:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3691138\" data-originallang=\"en\">This work is simply too important to walk away and abandon our students to the next round of discussions....</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3691139\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is time to act. It is time to pass this historic legislation and give our kids on first nations reserves the education they deserve and first nations the ability to control that education.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3691112\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est un honneur pour moi de prendre la parole aujourd'hui en faveur du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-33, Loi sur le contr\u00f4le par les premi\u00e8res nations de leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691113\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai eu l'occasion de rendre visite \u00e0 la Premi\u00e8re Nation Kainai en f\u00e9vrier. Un matin, pendant le voyage de Calgary \u00e0 Kanai, nous avons assist\u00e9 \u00e0 un lever de soleil splendide. C'\u00e9tait tellement pertinent, car cette mesure repr\u00e9sente vraiment l'aube d'un nouveau jour pour les Premi\u00e8res Nations. C'est un accord historique. Il leur a fallu attendre 41 ans pour avoir le contr\u00f4le sur leur syst\u00e8me d'\u00e9ducation et ce projet de loi en est un que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de l'opposition devraient appuyer. Il modifie la trajectoire pour les peuples des Premi\u00e8res Nations en leur donnant le contr\u00f4le de leur syst\u00e8me d'\u00e9ducation. C'est une r\u00e9alisation vraiment \u00e9norme. Au gouvernement, nous reconnaissons le r\u00f4le utile qu'a jou\u00e9 la collaboration avec les Premi\u00e8res Nations dans cette perc\u00e9e au chapitre de leur syst\u00e8me d'\u00e9ducation. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691114\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le NPD, surtout, continue de perp\u00e9tuer des mythes et de d\u00e9former l'intention de ce projet de loi. Je profite de l'occasion, aujourd'hui, pour remettre les pendules \u00e0 l'heure. J'ai cette question tr\u00e8s \u00e0 coeur, car je me suis entretenu avec des dirigeants en \u00e9ducation, comme le chef Charlie Weasel Head, qui croit vraiment que cette mesure changera l'avenir pour les Premi\u00e8res Nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691115\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais passer en revue ces mythes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691116\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certains disent que les Premi\u00e8res Nations n'ont pas besoin que le gouvernement leur dise comment \u00e9duquer leurs enfants et que, si le gouvernement se contentait de leur accorder un financement inconditionnel, elles s'en tireraient mieux. \u00c0 vrai dire, \u00e0 l'heure actuelle, les \u00e9l\u00e8ves des Premi\u00e8res Nations sont les seuls \u00e9l\u00e8ves au pays pour lesquels il n'y a pas de normes minimales prescrites, notamment en ce qui a trait aux comp\u00e9tences des enseignants et \u00e0 l'instruction obligatoire. Ainsi, les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de ces r\u00e9serves d\u00e9tiennent des dipl\u00f4mes d\u00e9livr\u00e9s par des \u00e9coles des Premi\u00e8res Nations qui ne sont pas reconnus par les \u00e9tablissements postsecondaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691117\" data-originallang=\"en\">Est-ce vraiment ce que veulent le NPD et les lib\u00e9raux? Voulons-nous que ces enfants finissent leurs \u00e9tudes en pensant qu'ils pourront \u00eatre admis dans un \u00e9tablissement postsecondaire, pour ensuite essuyer un refus? Non, nous ne voulons pas cela. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691118\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce projet de loi, qui a fait l'objet de consultations avec les Premi\u00e8res Nations, propose cinq normes minimales de base qui garantiraient aux enfants des Premi\u00e8res Nations une \u00e9ducation de la m\u00eame qualit\u00e9 que celle des autres enfants du pays. En outre, il donnerait assez de libert\u00e9 pour permettre l'enseignement des langues et de la culture autochtones. Ce sont deux choses qui sont tr\u00e8s importantes dans ce projet de loi, y compris la possibilit\u00e9 d'une immersion dans une langue des Premi\u00e8res Nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691119\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon une autre fausse id\u00e9e v\u00e9hicul\u00e9e concernant le projet de loi, celui-ci n'accorderait pas r\u00e9ellement aux Premi\u00e8res Nations le contr\u00f4le de leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation. Eh bien, le chef Charlie Weasel Head, le chef national Shawn Atleo, les \u00e9ducateurs \u00e0 qui j'ai parl\u00e9 et les nombreux autres dirigeants qui ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 l'annonce ce jour-l\u00e0 ne partagent pas du tout cet avis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691120\" data-originallang=\"en\">On a pr\u00e9tendu que le ministre aurait la possibilit\u00e9 de nommer des administrateurs provisoires qui reprendraient le contr\u00f4le des syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation des Premi\u00e8res Nations parce que les membres du comit\u00e9 mixte seraient aussi nomm\u00e9s par le ministre. Permettez-moi de r\u00e9tablir les faits l\u00e0 aussi. Le projet de loi vise \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la r\u00e9ussite scolaire des \u00e9l\u00e8ves des Premi\u00e8res Nations dans les r\u00e9serves. Tant les Premi\u00e8res Nations que le gouvernement estiment que la meilleure fa\u00e7on d'atteindre cet objectif consiste \u00e0 accorder aux Premi\u00e8res Nations le contr\u00f4le de leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691121\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 cette fin, le projet de loi a \u00e9t\u00e9 structur\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 permettre aux Premi\u00e8res Nations, premi\u00e8rement, de choisir leur propre mod\u00e8le de gouvernance; deuxi\u00e8mement, d'\u00e9laborer et d'offrir leur propre programme d'\u00e9tudes; troisi\u00e8mement, de d\u00e9terminer comment elles y int\u00e9greront la langue et la culture, si elles le souhaitent; quatri\u00e8mement, de s\u00e9lectionner leurs propres inspecteurs; cinqui\u00e8mement, de g\u00e9rer l'embauche et le cong\u00e9diement de leurs enseignants; et sixi\u00e8mement, de d\u00e9cider comment leurs \u00e9l\u00e8ves seront \u00e9valu\u00e9s et comment le calendrier scolaire sera structur\u00e9, dans la mesure o\u00f9 il pr\u00e9voit un nombre d\u00e9termin\u00e9 de jours de classe. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691122\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le Comit\u00e9 mixte de professionnels de l'\u00e9ducation serait compos\u00e9 d'entre cinq et neuf membres, qui devraient tous poss\u00e9der des connaissances ou de l\u2019exp\u00e9rience en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9ducation primaire ou secondaire. Quatre d'entre eux seraient nomm\u00e9s par l'APN selon le processus de s\u00e9lection de celle-ci. Il s'agit de personnes qui poss\u00e8dent une profonde connaissance du domaine de l'\u00e9ducation, qui ont fait leurs preuves et qui souhaitent conseiller leurs semblables pour favoriser la mise en oeuvre d'un syst\u00e8me d'\u00e9ducation de qualit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691123\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le ministre recommanderait un candidat pour le poste de pr\u00e9sident du comit\u00e9, mais seulement apr\u00e8s avoir consult\u00e9 l'Assembl\u00e9e des Premi\u00e8res Nations. De plus, la mesure l\u00e9gislative obligerait le ministre \u00e0 consulter le comit\u00e9 mixte pour les questions relatives \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation d'autorit\u00e9s scolaires des Premi\u00e8res Nations, \u00e0 la nomination d'administrateurs provisoires et \u00e0 l'\u00e9laboration de r\u00e8glements. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691124\" data-originallang=\"en\">Toutes ces mesures t\u00e9moignent d'un niveau de respect et de confiance sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de la notion selon laquelle les Premi\u00e8res Nations sauront comment offrir une \u00e9ducation qui permettra de r\u00e9pondre aux besoins futurs de leurs enfants. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691125\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un autre mythe concerne l'argent. Le NPD pr\u00e9tend que le financement de base est insuffisant. Il consid\u00e8re que 1,2 milliard de dollars sur trois ans, ce n'est pas assez et qu'il faut accorder le nouveau financement imm\u00e9diatement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691126\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis pas surprise que le NPD fasse erreur une fois de plus. Le projet de loi \u00e9tablirait un financement prescrit par la loi qui obligerait non seulement le ministre \u00e0 financer l'\u00e9ducation, mais \u00e0 le faire en offrant des services d'une qualit\u00e9 sensiblement comparable \u00e0 celle de ceux offerts par les syst\u00e8mes provinciaux \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur des r\u00e9serves. C'est essentiel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691127\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le Plan d'action \u00e9conomique de 2014 a \u00e9tabli les nouveaux investissements de 1,252 milliard de dollars en financement de base \u00e0 compter de 2016, en plus des 1,55 milliard de dollars que nous d\u00e9pensons d\u00e9j\u00e0 pour l'\u00e9ducation des Premi\u00e8res Nations chaque ann\u00e9e. Ce sont des chiffres impressionnants, que la grande importance de l'\u00e9ducation justifie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691128\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous rempla\u00e7ons le plafond de 2 % mis en place par les lib\u00e9raux par une indexation de 4,5 % qui assurera un financement durable. On estime qu'au cours des cinq prochaines ann\u00e9es, nous d\u00e9penserons 9,2 milliards de dollars uniquement pour le financement de base de l'\u00e9ducation des Premi\u00e8res Nations. Le gouvernement conservateur a adh\u00e9r\u00e9 d\u00e8s le d\u00e9part au principe voulant qu'on investisse dans ces r\u00e9formes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691129\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il faut dire que le NPD a vot\u00e9 contre ce financement essentiel, pr\u00e9vu dans le Plan d'action \u00e9conomique de 2014. Ce n'est pas nouveau.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691130\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates ont \u00e9galement contest\u00e9 les investissements dans les infrastructures, allant dans un cas jusqu'\u00e0 pr\u00e9tendre que le gouvernement devrait d\u00e9penser plus de 50 millions de dollars par \u00e9cole dans plus de 600 localit\u00e9s. Nous croyons qu'il faut investir dans l'infrastructure, mais nous ne voulons pas que tout l'argent d\u00e9pens\u00e9 pour l'\u00e9ducation de ces enfants dans les r\u00e9serves soit consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 la brique et au mortier. Il faut proc\u00e9der efficacement. Certes, il faut veiller \u00e0 ce que les \u00e9l\u00e8ves des Premi\u00e8res Nations aient des \u00e9coles dignes de ce nom, mais aussi et surtout, un financement permettant l'embauche d'enseignants et la mise en oeuvre des programmes qui leur permettront de r\u00e9ussir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691131\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous consacrerons 500 millions de dollars pour appuyer des projets de construction de nouvelles \u00e9coles ou de r\u00e9novation des infrastructures scolaires existantes au Canada de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 offrir aux \u00e9l\u00e8ves des Premi\u00e8res Nations un environnement de qualit\u00e9, sain et s\u00e9curitaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691132\" data-originallang=\"en\">On entend aussi souvent dire que le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-33</a> constitue un simple changement superficiel par rapport \u00e0 l'avant-projet de loi qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en novembre. Ce n'est certainement pas l'opinion des leaders de nos Premi\u00e8res Nations. Je tiens \u00e0 souligner que les cinq conditions de r\u00e9ussite ont \u00e9t\u00e9 fix\u00e9es dans une r\u00e9solution adopt\u00e9e par l'Assembl\u00e9e des Premi\u00e8res Nations lors de son assembl\u00e9e sp\u00e9ciale des chefs, en d\u00e9cembre dernier. Le gouvernement conservateur a travaill\u00e9 en collaboration avec les divers intervenants pour respecter ces conditions dans la <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">Loi sur le contr\u00f4le par les premi\u00e8res nations de leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation</a>. Ces conditions vont maintenant \u00eatre inscrites dans la loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691133\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est tout \u00e0 fait remarquable. Tous les Canadiens devraient c\u00e9l\u00e9brer ce moment qui ne manquera pas de passer \u00e0 l'histoire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691134\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous allons \u00e9tablir dans la loi un cadre permettant aux Premi\u00e8res Nations de contr\u00f4ler leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation primaire et secondaire, tout en reconnaissant les droits des Premi\u00e8res Nations issus des trait\u00e9s et en respectant leur droit inh\u00e9rent \u00e0 l'autonomie gouvernementale. Nous allons cr\u00e9er un Comit\u00e9 mixte de professionnels de l'\u00e9ducation, qui se verra confier un r\u00f4le solide en mati\u00e8re de surveillance pour s'assurer que les pouvoirs minist\u00e9riels ne sont utilis\u00e9s qu'en dernier recours. Nous allons inscrire dans la loi la capacit\u00e9 d'int\u00e9grer la langue et la culture des Premi\u00e8res Nations \u00e0 leurs programmes d'enseignement, y compris ceux d'immersion. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois de l'histoire, nous allons inscrire dans la loi l\u2019obligation, de la part du ministre, de financer l\u2019\u00e9ducation au sein des r\u00e9serves. Enfin, nous allons \u00e9tablir dans la loi l'exigence que le gouvernement du Canada, avec l'appui du comit\u00e9 mixte, s'engage concr\u00e8tement et de fa\u00e7on continue \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de l'\u00e9ducation des Premi\u00e8res Nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691135\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est tout \u00e0 fait faux d'affirmer que le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6524997\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-33/\" title=\"An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-33</a> ne tient pas compte de l'apport des Premi\u00e8res Nations. J'esp\u00e8re avoir r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 rassurer la Chambre que les id\u00e9es fausses v\u00e9hicul\u00e9es par le NPD ne tiennent pas la route.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691136\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'exhorte tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 appuyer ce projet de loi, y compris les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates et les lib\u00e9raux. Il est \u00e9trange que les lib\u00e9raux gardent le silence \u00e0 ce sujet alors que leur gouvernement avait propos\u00e9 une mesure l\u00e9gislative tr\u00e8s semblable avant d'\u00eatre renvers\u00e9 en 2005. Ils sont rest\u00e9s muets sur ce projet de loi. Je les invite \u00e0 l'appuyer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3691137\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme l'a dit Shawn Atleo: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3691138\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce travail est trop important pour que nous laissions tomber nos \u00e9l\u00e8ves sous pr\u00e9texte d'attendre une nouvelle ronde de discussions [...]</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3691139\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est temps d'agir. Il est temps d'adopter ce projet de loi historique et de permettre aux enfants d'obtenir l'\u00e9ducation qu'ils m\u00e9ritent dans les r\u00e9serves des Premi\u00e8res Nations. Enfin, il est temps de permettre aux Premi\u00e8res Nations de contr\u00f4ler leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation.</p>"
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    "url": "/debates/2014/5/2/joan-crockatt-1/",
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    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
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    "h2": {
        "en": "First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur le contr\u00f4le par les premi\u00e8res nations de leurs syst\u00e8mes d'\u00e9ducation"
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