Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Some of those self-government agreements you spoke about had extensive negotiations, extensive consultation, extensive dialogue for many years—some for as much as 30 years. They had specific discussions leading up to how individual rights were going to be viewed and collective ri

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  All we're asking for is that there be some conditions, and I'll list those conditions again. The first condition I talked about is the need for consultation and accommodation, and that we have that understanding. An interpretive provision is what we're talking about as a second c

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Obviously not; it didn't get anywhere.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What I'm saying is, meet the six conditions we've laid out, put the three years in place, and we're supporting the repeal of section 67, if it's something that can be supported by this committee.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've attempted to communicate with the government to talk about our priorities in Ontario, as an example. There are obviously priorities we see that can improve the lives and protect the human rights of individual first nations in all our communities without having to rush into

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What I have indicated is that we are not against Canadian human rights. We appreciate and respect the need for Canadian human rights. What we're saying is not that we believe there should be no Canadian human rights. Absolutely, there have to be. What we're saying, as far as th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The points it references are the points that I think first nations have expressed for quite some time. From our point of view, “consultation” means something very specific. It means that we need to do things in a fair and respectful manner. When somebody asked earlier, what are y

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I may, section 67 protects the implentation of the Indian Act. There are human rights within the first nation communities--as an example, wrongful dismissals that are being dealt with at first nations administrations. The repeal of section 67 addresses the protection of an arc

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Generally speaking, we support human rights. There's no problem with the provision of human rights. I'm sorry, I didn't get the other part.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Understanding the urgency, and understanding the need for the repeal of section 67 and the protection of human rights.... As far as we're concerned, if those six conditions were to be met, which would allow for a three-year process that would at the end of the day have something

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What I would say, though, is that proceeding with this is going to create more chaos. It's going to create more conflict. What I was pushing on is ensuring that there's an interpretive provision that talks about those good things that are there and completing this work in a timef

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The reviews and studies that have taken place so far do not constitute adequate consultation. There was no previous formal direct consultation with first nations that would have allowed for some discussion on an interpretative provision to allow first nations to talk about the de

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The various reports that have considered this over the last number of years have suggested allowing a three-year process for first nations to be engaged and to describe in detail how it's going to work. So it would take another six months to three years to focus specifically on t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not certain why there's a reluctance to consult. I know there's a huge need or a huge requirement by the first nations to be engaged on this very matter. There are too many times, because of the Indian Act, that there have been codes or policies that have been developed at th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You have to remember that as first nations people we've always had a collective approach to many of our issues. We have had a collective approach to the way we've lived on this land for thousands and thousands of years. There was this tremendous need for a collective understandin