{"id":4303,"date":"2020-07-06T20:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T20:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnfa.ca\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T22:04:30","slug":"paqtnkek-mikmaw-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/en\/paqtnkek-mikmaw-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row rowCenter cntBlock  colsplit\" id=\"colsplit-block_692099de0f06a4773607c6b1233f03a4\" style=\"z-index:0\">\n  <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 order-2\">\n    <h2><\/h2>\n    <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9805\" src=\"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ernie-Senate-2-300x256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ernie-Senate-2-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ernie-Senate-2.png 597w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bss4Mibu3mU\" class=\"btn\" style=\"background:#14A5A1\">Watch<\/a>\n\t  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 order-1\">\n\t  \t  \t<p>The Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples from March 22, 2023, features Ernie Daniels, Steve Berna, and Jody Anderson of FNFA as they discuss the feasibility of piloting monetization to close the infrastructure in First Nation communities. 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