A Deal's a Deal - Kelowna Accord 2 (National Chief Fontaine)

AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine's opening statement to the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples hearings into Bill C-292, An Act to Implement the Kelowna Accord. Fontaine discusses the Specific Claims Tribunal Act (Bill C-30); the 2% funding cap on core programs and services and the ensuing problems; First Nations poverty; clean drinking water; the First Nations housing crisis; the fire that killed 3 children and their uncle in Pukatawagan, Manitoba; education, accountability as well as the process involved in developing the Kelowna Accord. (Part 2 of 2)

See the entire C-292 session with Clément Chartier, President of the Métis National Council and Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations:
Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3594725264673116493&hl=en
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8246203659857238374&q=&hl=en
Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1933398438865598240&q=&hl=en

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