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of reporters was significantly less compared to when I first started I'd see about 80% a government is no longer covered in ottawa because we don't have the journalists talking about beat reporters actually defence finance we don't have those beat reporters that know what's going on for government it's gotten worse. When stephen harper came in a group becoming reporter here I could talk to a deputy minister or assistant deputy minister or director general of her political reasons but the find out information to make sure my reporting was accurate. 's top senior civil servants from speaking to the media we are hopeful that when justin trudeau came in we might be able to resume that practice it's gotten worse if communications directors who don't return phone calls in fact they don't answer their phones they don't even have a voice message you have to send your questions by e-mail to some 25-year-old kid and by the time the message goes to the prime minister's office and back by the time you get it's meaningless. It's a serious concern media is in decline across this country newspapers are gone so municipal politicians and developers nobody's covering those people anymore so god knows what's going on there and certainly in terms of federal politics it's a very serious issue. We do not have the journalists or media organizations that he can go to that are trusted. The globe and mail is trusted, cbc, toronto star there aren't that many left and that worries me because there's so much disinformation out there that's what we've all been talking about is disinformation when people get disinformation. Twitter is a cesspool of ugly vile stuff particularly against women but also just in terms of the misinformation that's out there. I wish I could be optimistic and say well we are going to turn the corner on this but I don't know when or if we will be able to. All of us in this room should be very concerned about it we have to end of this I do to thank everybody for your questions I wish I could and thanks on a positive note. [ Cheering and Applause ] On the next Profile, Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. Has there been any one experience, any one story that resonates,and you remember the most? All of my experiences that I've had with these types of delegations have left me just a different person. I return to Canada and justappreciate that much more, the freedoms that we have today. And thanking these great Canadians is the least that we can do. [announcer] Profile with Michael Serapio. See it on cpac. On the next Outburst, should ai be included as an educational tool in schools? Under some circumstances, yes. You're going to have to be able to disclose how much of your thesis was produced by ai. [Glen] Outburst. See it on cpac. [voiceover] cpac presents "Wings of Honour", a Canadian Geographic Films documentary celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force. One out of every five aces in World War ii from all the countries was a Canadian. I always figured the ones that never came home were the heroes. [voiceover] Featuringrarely seen archival footage and the compelling stories ofpast and present rcaf members from across Canada. You are being asked to do something, on behalf of the other 35million or 40 million people, that is very difficult andhas extremely high stakes. [voiceover] Learn how Canada's Air Force shaped history. My first trip into enemy territory left me like a man standing outside naked. I am just astounded at these young men, what they did. It's been an incredible amountof work to get to this point, more than I could have imagined. [voiceover] "Wings of Honour", an exclusive documentary premiere. See it on cpac. [Music playing] [Music playing]

. [ ] [ ] [ ] >> We have a really good conversation to have today. I want to start off, chief gail, you are here next to me. You had a lengthy journey in leadership. Starting at 2009 in electric leadership, fort nelson first nation. Can you tell us a bit about what you have experienced over the years with the first nations a major project coalition? Give us a sense of how this relates to this relates to indigenous nations and community? >> Thank you everybody. It is pleasant to see a lot of familiar faces here, some great friends and allies. A pleasure to be here again, the last time I was on one of these stages I fell on my face three times before I got off. Was quite funny. Hopefully that does not happen again. My journey has been a quite the experience. I have been on counsel for a good 15 years. Before that I moved out of my house when I was 14. That is a challenge for many of our indigenous people because of the residential schools. The systematic challenges that come with that from generation to generation. I talk about this because I think it is for the important because it is the reality of her people in our young people are facing get our communities. They really do need opportunities. I have a little bit of a reality check. I was in winnipeg this week and I am on the canadian electricity council. When I got to my room and I went over to the restaurant across the street, what I got out of there I found a little marble. It brought me back to when I was a little girl. Growing up in the city. Living in poverty with my mom, my mom is my champion. She is built me into who I today. I think about those times. And I think about who I was as a little girl. And then growing up and having to know again high school I worked in a mill on weekend cleanup. I had to work three jobs just to get through high school. And then I had a great career working for oil and gas for 20 years at the fort nelson gas plant. I am really proud of the work that I did there. What I was able to learn working through the different departments. And then one day my mom said you know once? There is a by election, I want to elect you for council. I was like okay. So the next challenges on. What does that mean? I do not know. So I ended up getting into this goal and not even three years into the role, the former chief asked me could you go for lunch. I want to ask you some questions. And she talked about my leadership and wanting to select me for chief. Really endorse me for that. It was something that I have always wanted to do. But it has been very, very challenging that this just say. I think about our people on a daily basis in every decision that we make. There was a lot of court challenges that I had to pursue for our people because of industrialization in our territory and the practices that were not aligned with our people's values. To the point to where I met the great group of people that were working on those initiatives through the first nations major projects coalition back in 2014, and it just really hit me that this is the right path. This is the way that we need to move forward. Our people have been through so much. I think about when you tried to get housing. We can't allow banks to not lend us money unless the band says, okay, we'll you guarantee the loan. So we do that for our own people. When we started going through this process of having equity ownership in major projects I just knew that this was the path forward. This was a way that we could all come together and collaborate and work together. We've been pushed out of our economies because of the indian act. Their responsibility challenges with that, the policies are completely outdated. I just wanted to share a little bit of who I am, where I come from, and I

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