34 ordspråk av Phil Fontaine
Phil Fontaine
People are anxious to bring this terrible chapter to a close.
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That is a national tragedy and an international embarrassment.
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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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The commitments that are made are significant and it's going to be very, very difficult for any government to retreat from those commitments here,
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The government is not in the habit of handing out money.
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The residential schools were designed to eradicate any sense of Indian-ness. They denied us the opportunity to learn about ourselves.
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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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This is an incredible opportunity for us, and we can't let it slip by.
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This situation is entirely unacceptable,
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Trust us. We will transform our community.
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Unfortunately, many First Nations communities still lack the basic infrastructure to connect to the Internet,
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We believe in the importance of public education, public information as a vehicle for change. Speaking to a class of 30 may seem to be of little consequence compared to the issues we're dealing with, but it has a sphere of influence beyond that.
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We can't be treated as secondary. We can't be an after-thought,
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We don't take issue with anything the minister has expressed here today.
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We have conquered our own cynicism,
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