Joint Gathering, May 2019

1. Joint Gathering, May 2019 Ontario Region

2. Department of Indigenous Services Canada The Department is transforming how we work with Indigenous partners to build stronger and better ways of delivering services to Indigenous people. In August 2017, two new departments were created: • Department of Indigenous Services Canada • Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs First Nations and Inuit Health Branch was combined with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada to create Indigenous Services Canada. New Approach to Partnership: First Nation centred, holistic, single-window support to First Nations

3. Ontario Region Organizational Structure Regional Executive - FNIHB Garry Best Regional Director General – ISC RO Anne Scotton Regional Plans & Partnerships Associate Regional Director General Associate Regional Director General Primary Health Care Major Projects Implementation Office Education & Social Programs Child & Family Services Reform and Transformation Non-Insured Health Benefits Funding Services Governance, Individual Affairs & Government Relations Lands & Economic Development Northern Operations Federal Schools Community Infrastructure Corporate Services Public Health

4. Serves largest on-reserve status population and largest (22%) overall status population in Canada • 6 Regional Offices (Brantford, Ottawa, Sioux Lookout, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Toronto) • Cultural facility in each office for elder teachings and cultural competency training and events • 6 federally operated schools • 22 nursing stations and 10 treatment centres • Over 800 fulltime employees • Over 50% of Ontario Region staff are Indigenous • 72% of this summer’s student hires are Indigenous ISC Ontario Regional Operations Profile

5. Joint Gathering 2018 Outcomes • Innovative Housing Summit • Tribal Council Network Summit • Joint Gathering Technical Tables (Sudbury, Brantford, and Thunder Bay) • ATR Priority List • Governance: Support to Chiefs of Ontario Restructuring Project • Warm and Welcoming Offices

6. Indigenous Services Canada Priorities Economic Prosperity

7. Ontario Regional Engagement Activities: 2018-2019

8. Ontario Regional Priorities Health System Transformation • Addressing immediate health gaps and improving services, supporting better integration and increasing First Nation control over health services, and a reduced federal footprint • NishnawbeAski Nation (NAN), Union of Ontario Indians, Grand Council Treaty #3, Six Nations of the Grand River and the Association of Allied and Iroquois Indians have signed Triparty Health System Transformation Agreements with both federal and provincial governments to advance First Nations governed operated health care systems • $7.4M was invested in 2018/19 to advance successful models of self-determination that will allow for health services to be developed, delivered and controlled by First Nations. 

9. Ontario Regional Priorities Health System Transformation – Some Examples • KeewaytinookOkimakanak Nursing devolution (Deer Lake completed, North Spirit Lake in progress) • Kenora Chiefs Public Health Model, EHO services • NAN - Negotiators appointed, Joint Action Table, and 4 working groups established • Fort Frances Area Tribal Health Services Nursing devolution • Matawa Tribal Council Nursing and Public Health • SLFNHA Approaches to Community Well-Being Public Health

10. Ontario Regional Priorities Health Facilities Program • In 2018-2019, $37M in major capital investments in six (6) First Nations: Sandy Lake, Poplar Hill, Kasabonika, Biigtigong Anishaabeg (Pic River), Wunnimum Lake and KitchenuhmaykoosibInninuwug • In 2019-20, further integrated planning with Regional Operations (ISC) and Infrastructure teams including preliminary discussions concerning a pilot to adapt the circuit rider training program to include the health facility maintenance needs Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Mno-zhi-yaawgamig (formerly known as the Pic River Health Centre)

11. Ontario Regional Priorities Jordan’s Principle • $72M was provided in 2018/19, reaching 36,187 children through group and individual requests • In partnership with the NAN, the Department developed Choose Life: a 2-year pilot project under Jordan’s Principle • In 2018/19, $73M was invested to support 22,126 children

12. Ontario Regional Priorities Child and Family Services • $39.9M in Child and Family Services funding in 2019/20: • $22.3M in Community-Based Prevention • $17.6M in Well-Being and Jurisdiction Initiatives • A number of initiatives are under way in Ontario: • Ontario Special Study led by the Chiefs of Ontario • Remoteness Quotient Study led by NAN • An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families • Bill C-92 tabled February 2019 • ISC continues to comply with CHRT Orders 411 and 427 issued February 2018: • In 2018/19, Ontario Region received 331 claims for CFS reimbursements

13. Ontario Regional Priorities Education Transformation • Replaces proposal-based programs with improved access to predictable core funding • Ensures base funding is comparable to provincial systems, and considers remoteness, school size, language, and socio-economic conditions • Provides First Nations schools with $1,500 per student, per year, to support language and culture programming • Provides new resources which supports full-time kindergarten in every First Nations school • Ensures special education funding is more predictable, with fewer application-based requirements

14. Ontario Regional Priorities Education Facilities • $47.1M supported progress on 17 education infrastructure projects in 2018/19 • 3 education facility projects will begin design in 2019/20 • 8 education facilities are planned to begin construction in 2019/20 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation to build a new school up to grade 12

15. Ontario Regional Priorities Drinking Water • 34 LTDWAs have been lifted in Ontario Region since 2015. This represents 40% of the LTDWAs lifted nationally • 74% of all remaining LTDWAs are in Ontario • The Accelerated Action Plan to Address LTDWAs in Ontario was developed via the Trilateral Water Table

16. Ontario Regional Priorities Electrification • 16 communities are being connected to the provincial power grid through a $1.6B federal investment in the Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project (Watay) • Pikangikum First Nation was the first community to be grid connected in December 2018 • Work on the remaining 15 connections is scheduled to be completed by 2025 • Ontario Region continues to engage other diesel-reliant First Nation communities to seek electricity solutions that fit their needs and priorities Christmas Tree in Pikangikum First Nation

17. Ontario Regional Priorities Housing Ontario Region was allocated $38M in 2018/19 from the $200M national housing program budget to fund: • 212 new housing units • 40 capacity and innovation projects 2018: An Innovative Housing Summit was held to strategize how Ontario First Nations voices can be heard on the National Housing Strategy 2019: A First Nations Housing Authority will be co-developed for Indigenous communities in Ontario

18. Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative Supporting Indigenous innovators with ideas for rural, urban, or remote housing Additional Info: Impact.canada.ca • Application Deadline: August 1, 2019

19. Ontario Regional Priorities New Fiscal Relationship: 10-year grant • 46 expressions of interest in the 10-year grant from First Nations in Ontario • 14 have been offered a 10-year grant • 10 have accepted to date, with negotiations for one additional First Nation New Fiscal Relationship: Minister’s Joint Advisory Committee • Committee to outline a vision and framework for a new fiscal relationship • “Pathway to a New Fiscal Relationship” expected in May 2019

20. Regional Budget Highlights * Includes block funding for various program areas

21. Regional Budget Highlights

22. Budget 2019 Highlights • $4.5Bover the next 5 years in new funding towards Indigenous priorities • This investment represents the largest single line item in this year's budget and confirms its commitment towards Indigenous peoples • Budget 2019 represents the next step in the ongoing path towards reconciliation Priorities in Budget 2019 Include:

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24. Annex A: Budget 2019 Indigenous and Northern investmentsRenewing the Relationship • Advancing reconciliation by settling specific claims: $40 M over 5 years plus $3.1 billion over 3 years for the replenishment of the Specific Claims Settlement Funds • Moving forward on loan forgiveness and reimbursement for comprehensive claims negotiations: $1.4 billion over 7 years • Enhancing Indigenous consultation and capacity support: $3 M over 2 years • Honouring missing residential school children: $33.8 M over 3 years • Supporting Indigenous youth and reconciliation: $15.2 M over 3 years • Establishing a National Council for Reconciliation: $126.5 M in fiscal year 2020 to 2021 • Continuing work on the Matrimonial Real Property Implementation Support program: $3 M in fiscal year 2020 to 2021 • Engaging Indigenous communities in major resource projects: $12.8 M in fiscal year 2019 to 2020 • Recognizing Métis veterans: $30 M in fiscal year 2019 to 2020 • Recognizing and commemorating a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: $10 M over 2 years • Supporting renewed legal relationships with Indigenous peoples: $10 M over 5 years • Supporting the construction of an Indigenous Legal Lodge at the University of Victoria: $9.1 M over 3 years • Supporting Indigenous languages: $333.7 M over 5 years, with $115.7 M ongoing Investing in the North • Cleaning up federal contaminated sites: $87 M over 4 years • Creating more connectivity and more affordable electricity: $18 M over 3 years support the Government of Northwest Territories with its proposed Taltson hydroelectricity expansion project • Continuing clean-up with the Northern Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program: $49.9 M over 15 years ($2.2 billion on a cash basis), starting in fiscal year 2020 to 2021 • Ensuring strong Arctic and Northern communities with $40 M over 5 years, including: • $26 M over 5 years, starting in fiscal year 2019 to 2020, for the construction of a new campus science building for Yukon College • $13 M over 5 years, starting in fiscal year 2019 to 2020, for the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning in the Northwest Territories • $1 M over 2 years, starting in fiscal year 2019 to 2020, establish a task force study post-secondary education in Canada's Arctic and northern regions

25. Budget 2019 Indigenous and Northern investments Improving Services • Continuing implementation of Jordan's Principle: $1.212 M over 3 years and supporting Inuit children with $220 M over 5 years • Supporting Indigenous post-secondary education: $824M over 10 years, starting in 2019/20, and $61.8M ongoing, including: • $327.5 M over 5 years enhance the Post-Secondary Student Support Program • $125.5 M over 10 years and $21.8 M per year ongoing for an Inuit-led post-secondary education strategy • $362 M over 10 years and $40 M per year ongoing support a Métis Nation-led post-secondary education strategy • $9M over 3 years, starting in 2019/20, Indspire for additional bursaries and scholarships for First Nations, Inuit & Métis students • Eliminating boil water advisories on reserve: $739 M over 5 years and $184.9 M ongoing. Remains on track • Ensuring better disaster management preparation and response: $48 M over 5 years • Improving emergency response on reserve, including Indigenous Fire Marshall's Office: $259M over 5 years (49.4M/ year ongoing) • Providing core governance support for First Nations: $48 M over 2 years • Helping provide better information for better services by permanently funding the Surveys on Indigenous Peoples and the First Nations Regional Health Survey: $78.9 M over 7 years, with $13.7 M per year ongoing • Improving assisted living and long-term care: $43.5 M over 2 years • Supporting the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy: $50 M over 10 years, with $5 M per year ongoing • Improving on-reserve income assistance with case management and pre-employment support: $39M in fiscal year 2020 to 2021 • Ensuring there are safe and accessible spaces for urban Indigenous peoples by supporting capital infrastructure investments in Friendship Centres and other urban Indigenous service provider facilities: $60 M over 5 years • Support Indigenous entrepreneurs through the Indigenous Growth Fund & Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program: $17M/ 3 years • Supporting Indigenous business development with $129 M over 5 years, including: • the Community Opportunity Readiness program: $78.9 M over 5 years, with $15.8 M ongoing • support the start-up and expansion of Métis small and medium-sized enterprises: $50 M over 5 years • Supporting Futurpreneur Canada, a targeted support for Indigenous entrepreneurs: $3 M over 5 years • Supporting a new fiscal relationship with 10-year grants: starting April 1, 2020, funding for core programs and services provided through the 10-year grants will be escalated to address key cost drivers including inflation and population growth • Creating more tax agreements with Indigenous governments: the government confirmed its continued willingness to negotiate agreements with interested Indigenous governments to enable the implementation of First Nations Goods and Services Tax within their settlement lands or reserves, and with interested self-governing Indigenous governments enable them to implement a personal income tax within their settlement lands • Transferring more from the Gas Tax Fund: a one-time transfer of $2.2 billion through the federal Gas Tax Fund to address short-term priorities in municipalities and First Nations communities