Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We should not be anticipating problems. At some point, people will have to admit that, as far as Aboriginal communities are concerned, the problem is the Indian Act. The chiefs, ourselves, everyone will have to admit that. Trying to find answers to problems that already exist as

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I have seen the interpretation clause as recommended by the Assembly of First Nations. First and foremost, CAP rejects that interpretation clause because we feel it certainly demonstrates the true colours of some chiefs in the repeal of section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is not what I said.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I said that section 67 should be repealed immediately, but that there should be an 18-month consultation process following the amendment. The case law has—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't think we need an interpretive clause.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have already discussed the issues with respect to the Indian Act. I have trouble understanding exactly what the collective rights of a reserve are. I can understand the need for collective rights for nations, such as the Algonquin Nation. However, in the case of a First Nation

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Just as clarification, I'm a status Indian from Quebec, not a treaty Indian, because there are no treaties in Quebec, except for the modern James Bay treaty. From my experience, not just in my own community but throughout others as well, obviously there have been some questionab

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd certainly suggest that first and foremost the department should be the ones consulting on behalf of the government with the band councils and aboriginal representative organizations, because in our view they are the lead on this topic. They have the vested interest in reserve

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, in terms of consultation on the implementation, acknowledging that if indeed it happens, I think there has been some precedence set, again using the Corbiere decision, where the Supreme Court gave an 18-month timeframe in terms of consultation and implementation. If you l

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think that is probably a reality and a fact. Given the reality that we have more than 600 reserves in this country, some might try to put in their own interpretive clause, just to undermine the purpose and intent of the repeal of section 67, which we would not agree with.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It depends what context the consultation is in. If on the one hand the consultation is on the intent and purposes of the repeal of section 67, I don't think we need to further consult. There have been 30 years of discussion of this issue. Our organization participated back in 199

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Albrecht, for your question. Simply put, the congress does not necessarily see a need for an interpretive clause, because we feel that section 35 does cover and at least minimally tries to strike a balance between collective and individual rights. But on that is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. On behalf of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, l am pleased to appear before you today to discuss our perspectives on the draft Bill C-44 under study by the members of this committee

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To be really quick, some of the resolutions are to engage in bringing about more accountability within the organization and in being more forthright about membership lists that we were going to be working on, consulting our people within the next year, so that we're in a position