加拿大原住民大会（AFN）全国酋长辛迪·伍德豪斯·内皮纳克表示，在2026年联邦预算中，她希望看到对原住民服务和基础设施的持续资助，以及原住民提交特定索赔所需的资源。
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says in the 2026 federal budget she wants to see sustained funding for First Nations services and infrastructure and the resources First Nations need to file specific claims.
“预算不仅仅是数学题，”伍德豪斯·内皮纳克周二在渥太华的新闻发布会上说。
"Budgets are not just math," Woodhouse Nepinak said at a news conference in Ottawa Tuesday.
“它们是政府用来履行对所有公民权利义务的工具。”原住民大会在6月向联邦政府财政委员会提交了建议，其中包括此前原住民大会多次大会上众多原住民部落的政策建议。
"They are instruments that governments use to deliver on their obligations to the rights of all citizens." The AFN presented its recommendations to the federal government's finance committee in June, which included policy recommendations from numerous First Nations in previous AFN assemblies.
伍德豪斯·内皮纳克表示，她对上周原住民-联邦部长会议上的宣布表示赞赏，包括四年内拨款6.3亿加元用于原住民和因纽特人警务，五年内拨款25亿加元用于应急准备，四年内拨款2.6亿加元用于新的原住民劳动力准备基金，以及潜在的新收入分享机制。
Woodhouse Nepinak said she appreciated the announcements at last week's First Nations-First Ministers meeting of $630 million over four years for First Nations and Inuit policing, $2.5 billion over five years for emergency preparedness, $260 million over four years for a new Indigenous Workforce Readiness Fund and potential new revenue-sharing mechanisms.
伍德豪斯·内皮纳克说：“我们欢迎这一进展，但也认识到，这些投资无法完全解决原住民每天面临的、日益扩大的服务和基础设施缺口。”
"We welcome this progress but we also recognize that these investments will not fully address the widening service and infrastructure gaps First Nations face each and every day," said Woodhouse Nepinak.
原住民大会估计，未来10年原住民基础设施缺口将超过3750亿加元。伍德豪斯·内皮纳克表示，由于联邦投资未能跟上原住民的基础设施需求，这一缺口仍在不断扩大。
The AFN has estimated the First Nations infrastructure gap at more than $375 billion over the next 10 years. Woodhouse Nepinak said the gap continues to widen as federal investments have not kept up with infrastructure needs in First Nations.
9月，一份原住民大会委托进行的教育基础设施评估发现，保留地内有77所学校需要立即重建，227所学校需要扩建。
In September, an AFN-commissioned education infrastructure assessment found 77 on-reserve schools needed immediate replacement and 227 schools needed additions.
原住民大会称关闭保留地学校基础设施缺口需190亿加元 “我们的孩子需要安全且资金充足的教育，这种教育要反映他们的语言和文化，”伍德豪斯·内皮纳克说。她希望在未来20年里，每年投资25亿加元用于原住民教育。
Assembly of First Nations says $19B needed to close on-reserve school infrastructure gap "Our children need safe and properly funded education that reflects their languages and their cultures," said Woodhouse Nepinak. She wants to see an annual investment of $2.5 billion over the next 20 years in First Nations education.
她补充说，第一民族的基本服务必须免受预算削减和资金到期的影响。
She added that essential First Nations services must be protected from budget cuts and expiring funding.
不列颠哥伦比亚省特定索赔工作组联合主席朱迪·威尔逊呼吁联邦政府更好地为特定索赔研究提供资金。特定索赔是第一民族就王室违反法律义务而提出的申诉。
Judy Wilson, co-chair of the B.C. Specific Claims Working Group, called for the federal government to better fund specific claims research.
威尔逊说：“加拿大不能指望第一民族接受新的伙伴关系，同时却拒绝履行其过去的义务。”“信任不能被强求，和解也不能建立在未解决的不公之上。”
Specific claims are grievances filed by First Nations over legal obligations that have been breached by the Crown. "Canada cannot expect First Nations to embrace new partnerships while refusing to honour its obligations from the past," said Wilson.
威尔逊表示，自由党政府将2026年预算称为“Maître chez nous/我们命运的主宰”，这“令人惊讶地极其不合时宜”，因为“加拿大援引自决的语言，却在未经适当协商或同意的情况下，在我们第一民族的领土上加速推进开发。”她说，许多特定索赔正是源于这种行为。她说：“加拿大应该纠正这些不公，而不是重蹈覆辙。”
"Trust cannot be demanded and reconciliation cannot be built on unresolved injustices." Wilson said the Liberal government calling the 2026 budget "Maître chez nous/Masters of our destiny" is "astonishingly tone deaf" as "Canada invokes the language of self-determination while fast-tracking development on our First Nations territories without the proper consultation or consent." She said many specific claims have arisen from just that type of conduct.
第一民族大会主席警告卡尼不要“滥用”多数优势通过新的重大项目法案。安大略省南部希阿瓦萨第一民族酋长劳里·卡尔告诉记者，C-39法案将加速重大基础设施项目，“践踏”了原住民在协商方面的权利。
"Canada should be correcting these injustices, not repeating them," she said. AFN chief warns Carney against 'abusing' majority to pass new major projects bill Laurie Carr, chief of Hiawatha First Nation in southern Ontario, told reporters Bill C-39 which would fast-track major infrastructure projects, "tramples over" Indigenous rights in regards to consultation.
卡尔说：“如果我们从一开始就参与其中，将有助于解决许多因不与第一民族合作、协商和接触而产生的问题，并能节省时间。”“我们不反对开发，但我们反对我们的权利被践踏。”
"If we were there at the very beginning it would help solve a lot of those issues that happen when you don't work and consult and engage with First Nations, and it would save time," said Carr. "We're not against development but we are against our rights being trampled over."