PolitiKit

Removing barriers and delays in the Additions to Reserve approvals process

Development of a First Nations Land Registry

Funding for increased staff capacity for NWAC from the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (CIRNA/ Indigenous Services) and the Partnerships Initiative Program (ESDC).

Seek funding from undetermined sources related to Indigenous women's employment, financial health and wellness, housing security, food security, resilience and safety, justice and human rights, health, environmental issues, public safety and emergency management, language and culture, and community engagement.

Seek funding from undetermined sources to support victims of violence against women with respect to murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.

Advocating for the Federal Government and associated departments to uphold and fulfill their obligations under the Federal Pathway on MMIWG (2021) related to the 231 Calls for Justice (2019). This includes providing funding resources required to do this work.

Federal policies and programs supporting Indigenous partnerships, economic participation, and long-term opportunities connected to Canada’s forest sector.

Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - promoting linguistic duality initiatives and projects to promote the benefits of bilingualism and to increase mutual understanding and rapprochement between English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians.

Official Languages Act - ensuring the Government of Canada’s commitment to opportunities to learn a second official language

Action Plan for Official Languages - Informing on French Second Language issues/concerns and advocating for policies and programs.

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is exploring a renewed fiscal relationship with Indigenous Services Canada

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is seeking support for economic development projects such as the development of new retail locations as well as manufacturing facilities on reserve lands

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is seeking to assert and affirm its inherent and constitutional Rights over the delivery of Child & Family Services. This includes funding made available through Indigenous Services Canada's First Nation Child & Family Services Program (FNCFS) as well as through a Fiscal Agreement signed in conjunction with a Coordination Agreement pursuant to An Act Respecting First Nation, Inuit, and Metis Children, Youth and Families

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is seeking to develop programs and services that will address socio-economic issues impacting Members of the Nation

PAN CANADIAN LICENSURE: Advocate for the ability for physicians with full licences to practise independently without restrictions or for medical resident trainees registered in any Canadian jurisdiction to practise or train in any other Canadian jurisdiction without having to acquire more than one licence or pay additional licensing fees. This includes exploring enabling legislation in the provinces and territories.

DIGITAL HEALTH: Increased investment in providing digital, virtual and telehealth services.

TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: provide CMA’s perspective on the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on the health care sector and the means through which advancements can be foreseen and managed.

BUDGET: Provide CMA’s perspective on the Government of Canada’s budget, particularly as it relates to modernizing Canada’s health care system by enhancing efficiency, driving innovation, and promoting equitable access to care.

FEDERAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR A NEW PRIMARY CARE ACCESS FUND: Recommendation for a funding commitment to ensure that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or primary care team.

INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND RECONCILIATION WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: Implementation of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, including addressing the ongoing structural inequities that marginalize Indigenous Peoples, advancing the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in societal systems and sectors, including health systems, and committing to collaborative and respectful relationships with Indigenous patients and communities. The CMA is also advocating to increase trust between Indigenous patients and health care providers, and to eliminate racism, inequitable access to care, and the ongoing harm caused to those within Canada’s health care system.

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS - With respect to federal government policies to improve the economic potential, contribution and capacity of Canada's Indigenous peoples as well as providing more clarity regarding the role of business in the duty to consult and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

Detail title: Federal impact assessment and consultation for major projects affecting Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Description: Impact Assessment Act, federal environmental assessment policy, and the Canada–Alberta Co-operation Agreement on Environmental and Impact Assessment, with respect to federal decision-making, Indigenous consultation, accommodation, cumulative effects, and protection of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s Treaty and Aboriginal rights in relation to major projects in Alberta that may affect the Nation’s lands, waters, rights, and interests.

Connected Care for Canadians Act (BILL S-5) : Urging federal policy makers to adopt this legislation quickly and to ensure that it is supported by a robust set of regulations.

Addressing administrative burden: Administrative burden consistently ranks as a top concern for family physicians. This time comes in the way of providing patient care. One of the significant sources of administrative burden for family physicians is filling out federal health forms.

Connected Care for Canadians Act (BILL S-5) : Urging federal policy makers to adopt this legislation quickly and to ensure that it is supported by a robust set of regulations.

Provide CFPC's perspective on Federal Budget 2025's initiative to “Improving Access to Health Care in the Arctic and the North”.

The First Nations Fiscal Management Act, Section 141

Creating a pathway and supporting Indigenous leadership in conservation to increase protected and connected areas in relation to advancing Canada's commitment to protect 30% of its lands and waters by 2030.

Connecting the landscape to restore movement and address climate change by advancing work that ensures more wildlife crossing structures are built both within Canada and in key transboundary locations between Canada and the U.S.

Monetizing annual federal infrastructure grants to First Nations to securitize First Nation Finance Authority (FNFA) debentures.

Supporting the First Nation in federal engagement to improve policing and public safety services in its communities, including Fort Chipewyan. Discussions focus on modernizing local policing and strengthening emergency preparedness capacity. Objectives include enhancing policing, reducing emergency response times, and ensuring sustainable, long-term federal support for public safety infrastructure and operations.

Funding for the construction of a community wellness centre

Financial support for Reconciliation Framework Agreement

Resolution of ongoing service and policing provided by the RCMP in Klemtu

Renewal of BC salmon farming licenses in Indigenous territories

Collaborative service agreements and intergovernmental coordination for community safety. Engagement with federal officials regarding tripartite or intergovernmental arrangements that support coordinated community safety service delivery, clarify roles and responsibilities, and enhance accountability and service outcomes in Ch'íyáqtel.

Lobbying to ensure that low-income households can continue to live affordably in federally-administered housing co-operatives after their operating agreements end with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).