Question Period Note: Fall Economic Statement 2020 – Indigenous and Northern Investments

• We have invested over $1 billion towards the Indigenous Community Support Fund. I am proud of the additional investments this government is making:

o $332.8 million to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to ensure continued core community programs and services; and

o $64.7 million in direct support to the governments of Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut in further support of territorial COVID-19 response.

• The government continues to work with Indigenous and territorial leaders and we will continue to provide support and funding to communities through this second wave and beyond.

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If pressed on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (87 words)

• We are committed continuing on our shared journey towards reconciliation.

• As part of this effort, this government is taking action to make communities safer for Indigenous women, children and families while addressing systemic discrimination against Indigenous Peoples.

• As part of our work towards developing a distinctions-based National Action Plan, the government is investing an additional $781.5 million over 5 years and $106.3 million ongoing to combat systemic discrimination against Indigenous peoples and expand efforts to combat violence against Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ and two-spirit people.