National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde told a Commons committee today he fears the Liberal government's bill respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples could get tangled in legislative limbo before Parliament rises for the summer or is dissolved for an early election.
The AFN is proposing some tweaks to the bill, including speeding up a proposed action plan to implement the bill from three years to two and adding clear references to "racism" long endured by Canada's Indigenous Peoples. Conservatives have been raising concerns that language in the legislation could give First Nations a "veto" over controversial resource development projects.
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former judge who helped draft British Columbia's UNDRIP bill, says this is nothing but "fearmongering," explaining that the bill will simply put into operation processes to ensure First Nations are involved and engaged at the outset when it comes to decisions regarding their land and human rights.
manufactured consent Grassroots Indigenous say No there has been no consultation with majority of membership! 🪶🆘⚠️
Remember what the TREATIES say 'for as long as the sun shines, the wind blows, the rivers flow and the grass grows' ! All Bills passed in parliament for our benefit must take these words 8nto account ! For those yet to come !
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