May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - CR-EX. (MCKINNON) MAY 31, 2013
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questions from Mr. Olson, you spoke about your community
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caring model.
We've heard some evidence at this inquiry
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from an individual named Felix Walker who runs an
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organization called NCN.
and his organization?
Are you familiar with Mr. Walker
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No.
He spoke about -- this is in a First Nations
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community, a northern Manitoba reserve community, and he
spoke about having a program that included a wellness
centre, it included a public health centre, it included a
diabetes initiative, it included therapists and counseling
services and Child and Family Services - there was a long
list - recreation and fitness centre, all wrapped into one.
Would that be an example of what you are talking about when
you're, when you're suggesting a community caring model or
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building community capacity?
thing you had in mind?
Would that be the type of
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That example would certainly fit and there may be
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many different models about how you get there, but that one
certainly would fit.
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And if I were to suggest to you that what's
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needed to make that work is strong leadership in the
community and an economic base, would you agree with that,
too?
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There's -- it needs more than that but those are
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