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Eenou-Eeyou Limited Partnership ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᔓᔮᓈᐦᒡ ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᔓᔮᓈᐦᒡ ᐊᑐᔅᒑᐧᐃᓐ eenou-eeyou limited partnership ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | 2018 ᐋᔑᑯᒧᐳᓐᐦ ᑎᐹᒋᒨᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓐ annual report 2018-2019 Whapmagoostui Chisasibi Wemindji Eastmain Waskaganish Nemaska Mistissini Waswanipi Oujé-Bougoumou Washaw Sibi Mocreebec 2 EENOU-EEYOU LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 EENOU-EEYOU LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGES COMMUNITIES Message from the Grand Chief: Environmental issues 30 Chisasibi 40 Dr. Abel Bosum 5 Essential Sanitation Services 31 Eastmain 42 and Related Infrastructures Message from the Deputy Grand Chief: Mistissini 44 Elders and Youth Joint 31 Mandy Gull 11 Coordination Fund MoCreebec 46 Community fire protection 32 Cree-Quebec New Relationship Nemaska 48 Agreement 14 Forestry 33 Oujé-Bougou mou 50 Val-d’Or Native Friendship 34 Message from the Executive Director Centre of the Cree Nation Government: Washaw Sibi 52 Housing 36 Bill Namagoose 16 Waskaganish 54 Implementation of mining IBAs 37 Waswanipi 56 Nishiiyuu Council of Elders 37 PROGRAMS Regional support and Wemindji 58 implementation 38 Whapmagoostui 60 Training Facilities and Aanischaaukamikw Cree 18 Manpower Offices 38 Cultural Institute Community centre animation 19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Cree Mineral Exploration Board 20 Message from the Treasurer, Cree Native Arts and 23 Cree Heritage Fund Foundation: Crafts Association Matthew Swallow 62 24 Cree Nation Youth Council Independent Auditor’s Report 65 Cree Outfiing and 24 Financial Statements 68 Tourism Association Cree Trappers’ Association 27 Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee 28 Association 3 MESSAGE FROM THE GRAND CHIEF Dr. ABEL BOSUM Wachiya. A year ago, I used this space to reflect on the success of our partnership with the province of Quebec. I pointed out that, thanks at least in part to the funds allocated to us through the Eenou-Eeyou Limited Partnership (EELP), we now have the resources to celebrate our culture, to protect our traditional lifestyle, and to support those who wish to continue to practise that lifestyle. In our communities, you will find arenas, community centres, upgraded sanitation services, modern fire protection and different institutions to provide the advanced education our people require to succeed. Today, throughout Eeyou Istchee, our traditional way of life is respected and preserved. Clearly, we have come a long way. More of our residents our people. Mould and related issues can affect the health are employed, an ever-growing number of them in higher- of the Cree people while overcrowding can result in a wide paying jobs. Help and support is available to those in need. range of health, social, physical and emotional issues. The Protective services are in place for the most vulnerable. young and the elderly are particularly vulnerable. Today, opportunities exist for residents of all ages to Today, housing is still my top priority. And while the housing enhance and enrich their lives. But, as I acknowledged a year crisis is not yet overcome, I’m pleased to say that we are ago, challenges remain. And no challenge is more pressing making progress. Significant progress. than the need to provide our residents access to safe and affordable housing. In the past year, we established a Housing Table – under the auspices of the Standing Liaison Committee – to discuss the In this report, as in previous EELP spending reports, you Cree Nation Housing Strategy with Canada. Our primary goal will find several examples of what communities are doing is to unlock the value of housing in the Cree communities to address the housing needs of their residents. In many through private home ownerships. By achieving that goal, cases, they’re building safe and modern single- and multi- we will succeed in creating generations of homeowners who family dwellings. In others, they’re renovating and repairing not only enjoy the benefits of safe and affordable housing existing housing units. In still other instances – too many, but realize the growing equity of those homes. Given the sadly – they have been forced to remove mould and mildew growing number of residents who now have high-paying from occupied houses and apartments. jobs – and therefore possess the resources and the desire to Community officials are to be lauded for their efforts to own their own homes – there is every reason to believe this is improve housing conditions for their residents. Given the the correct approach. lack of readily available resources, the combined challenge of For too long, the value of Cree homes was suppressed by weather and geography, and the difficulty in securing skilled remnants of the Indian Act, and then, the Cree Naskapi Act. tradespeople, their task is a difficult one. That’s why, despite Particularly damaging was the 75-year limit on land leases. the best efforts of local officials, our people still suffer from It effectively barred First Nations citizens from benefitting overcrowding and a lack of safe and affordable housing. financially from the ownership of their land. That limit, The Cree Nation Government has always worked closely which I have long believed to be one of the most oppressive with the local communities to address the urgent housing vestiges of colonialism, has now been removed. needs of our people. And make no mistake, those needs are Credit the Governance Agreement with Canada for our urgent. As recently as 2011, the Cree Nation had a backlog ability to finally eliminate the 75-year limit. That agreement, of approximately 3,000 houses. More troubling, lacking along with the Cree Constitution, effectively replaced the immediate and dramatic action, the housing backlog has Cree-Naskapi Act. It gave us the power to write our own laws the potential to increase to 4,500 by 2021. Overcrowding also on a wide variety of local governance issues on Cree Category remains a major challenge, affecting nearly 20 per cent of Cree IA lands, including environmental protection, public order households, compared to less than 2 per cent for all of Quebec. and safety, and land use and planning. Fittingly, the very When elected Grand Chief, I made housing my top priority. first amendment to the Cree Nation Governance Agreement Like so many others, I recognized that the housing crisis in removed the 75-year limit on Cree home ownership. It did so Eeyou Istchee was having a profoundly negative impact on quickly and efficiently, without the need to amend existing 5 legislation, which would almost certainly have taken years. and complement community efforts – many supported by Today, as long as it is used for residential purposes only, Cree EELP funds – to address their most pressing housing needs. citizens have a perpetual right to their own residential lot. We’ve learned, often painfully, that solving the housing crisis We can sell the right to that lot to a fellow Cree or pass it on can be extraordinarily difficult. But success will come. And to a family member. The choice is ours. And it is forever. when it does, we will generate wealth for a new generation At long last, progress is being made. By actively developing of Cree homeowners, we will create opportunities for Cree our own innovative Cree Nation Housing Strategy, we’re entrepreneurs, and we will free community housing for promoting private homeownership and securing accessible those most in need. and affordable housing for all Cree. This strategy will support 6 EENOU-EEYOU LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 ᒋᔖᐅᒋᒫᐦᑳᓐ ᐅᑎᔨᒥᐧᐃᓐ ᐁᐃᐱᓪ ᐧᐹᓯᒻ ᐧᐋᒋᔮx ᐹᔨᒄ ᐱᐳᓐ ᐅᑖᐦᒡ ᐋᑯᑎ ᐆᑎ ᑳᒌ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐊᒫᑎᑯᒡ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᔨᒡ ᐋ ᐧᐄᒋ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᒥᑐᒡ ᐃᔨᔨᐤᒡ ᑭᔮ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑎᐹᔨᐦᒋᒑᓯᐤx ᔖᔥ ᓂᒌ ᐧᐄᐦᑖᓐ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᑳ ᒫᒥᐧᐃᐱᔥᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ EELP ᔖᔥ ᒋᑎᔮᓈᓂᐤ ᒑᒌ ᔖᔥ ᒋᑎᔮᓈᓂᐤ ᑖᓂᑎ ᒑᒌ ᐅᐦᒋ ᒌᐦᑳᓈᑯᐦᑖᔨᐦᒄ ᒋᑎᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔨᐦᑎᐧᐊᓂᐤ ᑭᔮ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᑖᑎᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᑳᒌ ᐃᔑ ᐅᑖᒋᐦᐆᓐᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔑ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡᐹᒋ ᐅᑖᐦᒡx ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓂᐦᒡ ᒋᑭ ᐧᐋᐱᐦᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ ᐱᐹᒥᔅᑯᐱᔨᐧᐃᑭᒥᒄᐦ ᑭᔮ ᒫᑎᐧᐋᐧᐃᑭᒥᒄᐦ ᑭᔮ ᐋᔥᑎᐧᐋᐦᐄᒑᐧᐃᑭᒥᒄᐦ ᑭᔮ ᒫᔮᐱᐧᐃᑭᒥᒄᐦ ᑭᔮ ᒫᒃ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᓈᓈᐦᑭᐤ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᐧᐃᑭᒥᒄᐦ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ ᒋᑎᔨᔨᒥᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᒑᒌ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐱᑳᔅᒌᐦᑳᓱᒡ ᒑᒌ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔑ ᓃᔥᑖᒥᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᐱᑯᓵᔨᐦᑎᐦᒡx ᐊᓄᐦᒡ ᒫᒃ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌᐦᒡ ᒋᔥᑖᔑᐦᑖᑯᓂᐤ ᑭᔮ ᒥᔪᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᑖᑯᓐ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔨᐦᑎᐧᐃᓐx ᑖᐧᐹ ᐧᐋᐦᔨᐤ ᒋᒌ ᐅᑐᐦᑖᓈᓂᐤx ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᒥᐦᒑᑐ ᔖᔥ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᔥᑎᐦᒡ ᒑᒌ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᐧᐃᒡ ᒋᑎᔨᔨᒥᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᓈᓈᒥᒌᒻ ᒥᐦᒑᑐ ᒥᔅᑭᒥᒡ ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᐦᑖᒡ ᑭᔮ ᒥᔪᓈᑯᓂᔨᒡᐦ ᐅᑎᔨᔩᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᐋ ᓲᐦᒋᑎᐱᐦᐄᒑᒥᑭᓂᔨᒡᐦx ᐃᐦᑎᑯᓂᔨᐤ ᐅᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓂᒥᔨᐤᐦx ᓂᒥᐧᐄ ᒫᒃ ᐧᐋᐦᑎᓂᔨᐤ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐄᑐᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ ᑭᔮ ᓰᐦᒋᔥᑳᑐᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ ᐊᓂᒌ ᑳ ᐅᑖᐱᑎᓰᐧᐃᓂᐧᐋᐤ ᐋᐧᐄ ᒥᔅᑯᐧᐋᒡ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᓯᐤᐦ ᒑᒌ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᐦᒡx ᐃᐦᑎᑯᓂᔨᐤ ᓈᑎᒫᑯᓰᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ ᐊᓂᒌ ᐹᒋ ᐋᐱᑎᓯᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌᐦᒡ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐧᐋᐦᔨᐤ ᒫᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓄᐦᒡ ᑳᔑᑳᒡ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᓂᔨᐤ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐊᐧᐋᓂᒌ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᐃᔨᔨᐤᐦᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓐᐦx ᐋᐧᐃᒄ ᒫᒃ ᒫᒫᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᑎᐦᑐᐱᐳᐧᓈᓯᒡ ᒑᒌ ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᐦᑖᒡ ᑭᔮ ᐧᐋᐦᒋ ᒌ ᐃᔑᓐᑯᐦᒡ ᐋᐱᒡ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᐅᔥᑖᐱᔨᒡ ᐋᐧᐄ ᒥᔪᓂᐦᑖᐧᐃᒋᐦᑖᒡ ᐅᐱᒫᑎᓰᐧᐃᓂᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᒥᒄ ᒫᒃ ᐧᒫᐦᒡ ᐹᔨᑯᓂᐦᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᐦᒑᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓂᐦᒡ ᐋᑎ ᓈᔥᒡ ᑲᐦ ᐃᑎᑎᑯᒡ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᓐ ᐋ ᐅᔥᑖᐱᔨᔨᐦᒄ ᒫᓐᐦx ᐋ ᓲᐦᒃ ᐋ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᔥᑎᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᑳ ᓃᑳᓂᔥᑭᐦᒡx ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓂᐦᒑᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᒫᒃ ᐋᐧᐃᒄ ᒫᐧᐃᒡ ᓈᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ ᒑᒌ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᒑᒌ ᐊᔮᒡ ᐃᔨᔨᐤᒡ ᑭᔮ ᐋᑳ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᑎᐹᔨᐦᒋᒑᓯᐤ ᒨᔥ ᒌ ᐹᒋ ᐧᐄᒋ ᐋᐱᑎᓵᒫᐧᐃᒡ ᐋᔨᒥᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᔨᒡ ᒑᒌ ᐅᔑᐦᑎᐧᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡx ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑖᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᑭᔮ ᓅᐦᑖᐱᔨᒡ ᐃᔨᔨᐤᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦx ᓈᔥᑖᐧᐹ ᒫᒃ ᒋᔥᑖᔨᐦᑖᑯᓐ ᐆᑎ ᑎᐹᒋᒨᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓂᐦᒡ ᐧᒫᐦᒡ ᐹᔨᑯᓇᐦᒡ ᑳᒌ ᐃᔑ ᒑᒌ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᐱᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᔖᔥ ᐧᐃᓵᐧᐋ ᓂᔥᑐᒥᑎᓅ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᔥᑖᑖᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᑳᒌ ᐧᐃᔨᐧᐄᐱᔨᐦᑖᔮᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᒋᔖᒥᑖᐦᑐᒥᑎᓅ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑕᑯᓐᐦ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦ EELP ᑎᐹᒋᒨᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦ ᒋᑭ ᐧᐋᐱᐦᑖᓈᐧᐋᐤ ᐱᔥᒡ ᑖᓐ 2011 ᑳ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᐅᑖᐦᒡx ᑯᔅᐱᓈᑖᔨᐦᑖᑯᓐ ᒫᒃ ᐋᑳ ᐋ ᐃᔑᑳᐱᐧᐃᔥᑎᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᒫᒥᐧᐃᑳᐱᐧᐃᔥᑖᑭᐧᐃᒑ ᒑᒌ ᒦᓂᐦᐄᑭᐧᐃᒡᑕᑲᐹᑉ ᒑᒌ ᐄᔅᑯᐱᔨᒡ ᐃᔑ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᒥᔨᒡᐦ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦ ᐅᑎᔨᔨᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦx ᐆ ᐊᒋᐦᑖᓱᓐ ᐃᔥᐱᒥᒡ ᓈᐧᐋᒋᔖᒥᑖᐦᑐᒥᑎᓂᐤ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᑯᑎᑭᒡ ᐅᔑᐦᑖᐧᐃᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦ ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᐋ ᐊᐱᔖᔑᔨᒡᐦ 2021 ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒑ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐃᔑ ᓃᔥᑖᒥᐦᒡx ᐋᐧᐃᒄ ᒦᓐ ᑭᔮ ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᐋ ᐅᔅᒋᓈᑯᓂᔨᒡᐦ ᑭᔮ ᒫᒃ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦ ᐹᔨᒄ ᒑᐧᑳᓐ ᐋ ᓵᐦᒋᔥᑳᑐᓈᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐄᑭᓂᐦᒡ ᐧᐋᓵ ᐋ ᐋ ᒥᐦᒑᑎᒡ ᑳ ᐹᔨᑯᑖᐧᐃᓰᒡx ᑯᑎᑭᒡ ᐧᐃᔨᑭᐦᐄᒑᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᒥᐦᒑᑎᓈᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᐧᐄᒋᒥᑐᓈᓂᐧᐃᒡx ᐧᐄᓵᐧᐊ ᓃᔥᑎᓂᐤ 20% ᐅᔅᒋᐦᑖᒡ ᑳ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒋᐧᐃᐧᐃᔨᒡᐦ ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓐᐦ ᔖᔥ ᐋᐧᐋ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᐹᔨᑯᑖᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᑖᑭᐦᐆᑯᒡ ᐃᔨᔨᐤᒡ ᐆᔮᔨᐤᐆᑎ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒋᐧᐃᔨᒡᐦx ᒥᐦᒌᐧᐋᔨᐦᑖᑯᓐ ᒫᒃ ᑯᑎᑭᒡ ᐋ ᐧᑳᑭᐱᔨᔨᒡᐦ ᑯᐯᒃx ᐅᐧᐋᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓂᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦ
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