OPEN LETTER TO PARLIAMENTARIANS A unanimous motion of the 338-member House of Commons said that two bills currently before the Senate, Bills C-262 and C-337,… Read More »Stalling on Bills C-262 and C-337 undermines Canada’s democratic process, jeopardizes reconciliation and fails to protect human rights
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT We are hopeful that in a matter of days the Senate will vote to adopt a private member’s bill that would require… Read More »Hyperbole and misrepresentation must not prevent Senate passing Bill C-262
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and MP Saganash’s corresponding bill are not ‘aspirational.’ ARTICLE BY PAUL JOFFE AND SHERYL LIGHTFOOT,… Read More »Legislative framework essential for UN declaration
OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE OF CANADA Indigenous peoples’ organizations participating in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urge Canadian Senators to support Bill… Read More »Joint Open Letter to the Senate of Canada
Article in First Nations Drum by Grand Chief Dr. Abel Bosum and Alex Neve, May 10, 2019 In 2010, former prime minister Stephen Harper publicly… Read More »Passage of UN Declaration implementation bill should be non-partisan no-brainer
OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE OF CANADA The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets out minimum standards necessary to combat some… Read More »Indigenous peoples’ organizations participating in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urge Canadian Senators to support Bill C-262,
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighteenth Session Friday, April 26, 2019 Agenda Item 10: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Kul jaad aangaa, kilslaay aanga,… Read More »Recommendations on Sustainable Development at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighteenth Session Tuesday April 23, 2019 Thank you Madame Chair. I am speaking on behalf of several Nations and… Read More »Recommendations on Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional knowledge, generation, transmission and protection
Only a day after the Coalition released a joint statement condemning partisan efforts to prevent debate on Bill C-262, an act to ensure that the… Read More »Stalling tactics continue on Bill C-262
Proposed legislation crucial to reconciliation is being threatened by partisan stalling tactics in the Senate. Conservative Senators yesterday prevented Bill C-262 being sent to Committee… Read More »Indigenous peoples’ organizations and human rights groups condemn partisan efforts to prevent debate on bill to implement the UN Declaration