Speeches / Speaking Notes

November 2013

• 2013-11-20 - Assembly of First Nations 4th National Youth Summit
  
  Notes for an address by The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Delegates at the Assembly of First Nations 4th National Youth Summit
• 2013-11-19 - Support for Long Plain Urban Reserve Businesses
  
  Notes for an address by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Support for Long Plain Urban Reserve Businesses
• 2013-11-19 - Press Conference to Announce a New Approach to Emergency Management
  
  Notes for an address by The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Press Conference to Announce a New Approach to Emergency Management
• 2013-11-05 - 3rd Annual Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Conference and Tradeshow
  
  Notes for an address by Mark Strahl, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Conference, Gatineau, Quebec, November 5, 2013

October 2013

• 2013-10-07 - 'Creating Canada: From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to Modern Treaties' Symposium
  
  Speaking Notes for the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development - At the "Creating Canada: From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to Modern Treaties" Symposium.

September 2013

• 2013-09-25 - Opening of the Atoskewin Success Centre
  
  Speaking Notes for the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development For delivery at the opening of the Atoskewin Success Centre, September 25, 2013, North Battleford, Saskatchewan
• 2013-09-23 - Northern Development Ministers' Forum
  
  Speaking Notes for the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development For delivery at the 2013 Northern Development Ministers' Forum Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 23, 2013
• 2013-09-20 - New Entrants to the First Nations Land Management Regime
  
  Notes for an address by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development New entrants to the First Nations Land Management Regime Vancouver, BC, September 19, 2013
• 2013-09-19 - 6th Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event
  
  Speaking Notes for the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development For delivery at the 6th Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event Vancouver, British Columbia September 19, 2013
• 2013-09-13 - Ceremony to celebrate the signing of final self-government agreements between the Government of Canada, the Government of Manitoba and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
  
  Notes for an address by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Ceremony to celebrate the signing of final self-government agreements between the Government of Canada, the Government of Manitoba and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Manitoba August 30, 2013

July 2013

• 2013-07-24 - Grand opening of the Toquaht Water Treatment Plant
  
  On behalf of the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, I’m delighted to be here for the opening of your new water treatment plant.

May 2013

• 2013-05-16 - Minister Valcourt's Speaking Notes for the official opening of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation's Grey Rock Power Centre
  
  Speaking Notes for an address by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche At the Official opening of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation's Grey Rock Power Centre Madawaska Maliseet First Nation New Brunswick

April 2013

• 2013-04-24 - Minister Valcourt's remarks to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Quebec National Event in Montreal, April 24, 2013
  
  Speaking Notes for Andrew Saranchuk, Assistant Deputy Minister Resolution and Individuals Affairs On behalf of the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development For delivery at the 2013 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Québec National Event
• 2013-04-09 - Signing of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation tripartite education Memorandum of Understanding
  
  We are here today to talk about a priority we all share: improving First Nation education. We all agree that First Nation students should have the same quality of education and, in turn, the opportunities that it creates, as all other students in Ontario.

March 2013

• 2013-03-27 - News conference announcing the Royal Assent of Bill C-27 - First Nations Financial Transparency Act
  
  The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development For delivery at a news conference announcing Royal Assent of Bill C-27 The First Nations Financial Transparency Act
• 2013-03-25 - Announcement of 8 new entrants into the FNLMA
  
  Notes for an address by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, PC, MP Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development At the Announcement of 8 new entrants into the FNLMA Ottawa, Ontario March 25, 2013
• 2013-03-22 - Minister Valcourt Speaks before the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce on the Benefits of Economic Action Plan 2013
  
  Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Economic Action Plan 2013 Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce
• 2013-03-04 - Greg Rickford, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister Valcourt, speaks to the Prospectors and Developers Association Conference Aboriginal Forum
  
  Notes for an address by Greg Rickford, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

January 2013

• 2013-01-22 - Announcement of the Completion of Regulations for the Development of the Kitimat LNG Liquefied Natural Gas Facility
  
  That is why I am pleased to announce today that our government has completed the regulations necessary for the development of the $4 billion Kitimat LNG liquefied natural gas facility on the Haisla First Nation’s Bees Indian Reserve No. 6.