Corrections and Conditional Release Act   decision-makers would be appealable to the Federal Court by both the inmate and the Correctional Service of Canada in accordance with section 18 of the Federal Courts Act. Independent oversight is something that has been advocated by a number of stakeholders, including The John Howard

Bills of Exchange Act   to deliver on at least one of them. I want to read call to action 80. It states: We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   and provincial bodies, there was a lot of apprehension. Maybe just talk about that. At the time the minister was John Duncan. It took several years to get this agreement. What were the obstacles to this agreement? When you're dealing with schools on reserve, as you know, Darcy, everybody

The Budget   called because he thought he was advancing the public interest. Do members know what happened to him? He resigned. He was done. In the previous Conservative government, former minister John Duncan received some input from a constituent about a case that was before a quasi-judicial

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act   speaking to Bill C-88, because I am concerned that the changes it would make would politicize oil and gas extraction by expanding the powers of this Liberal government to block economic development. It would take local control and environmental stewardship away from the aboriginal

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families   children away from their families and to destroy who they were as a people, which meets one of the key international tests of genocide. Duncan Campbell Scott did not invent the residential school system, but he certainly perfected it. When he was faced with the appalling deaths

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   this government's promise of meaningful consultation has been proven repeatedly to be a broken promise. Whenever I contemplate consultation, I think of free, prior, and informed consent. Grand Chief Ed John said it best to this committee not too long ago. Speaking to the UN Declaration

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. My first question will go to Jessie. You were talking about planning and the difficulties, and I think you were following on a very similar trend to what Theodore was saying earlier, prior to you. There's a shortage of planners in many aboriginal

Corrections and Conditional Release Act   with lots of offenders, be they aboriginal people or quite often women, or quite often those with addiction and mental health problems, who do not belong in the corrections system. They belong in the mental health treatment system. They belong in the addictions treatment system

Corrections and Conditional Release Act   disagree. One organization said that structured intervention units, or SIUs, are not needed, that the bill fails to focus on the programs and that there are concerns with section 81. That was the Elizabeth Fry Society. The John Howard Society disagrees, saying that it needs more

Committees of the House   and jobs are being moved to the United States. During the study, the Liberal member for St. John's East also repeatedly suggested that there should be no action against the mountain pine beetle so that “nature will take its course”. Conservatives agree with the executive director

Corrections and Conditional Release Act   81, due to the workings of indigenous governing bodies. The John Howard Society calls it a bad bill. It wanted to know what was the difference between solitary confinement and structural intervention. It said there was no difference, that the bill changed the words, but it did

Business of Supply   displayed in a program called Walking with our Sisters. There are over 1,000 of these moccasin vamps that families from around the world have contributed, because they come from families where there are missing and murdered aboriginal women. I contacted my friend Tanya to get her

Aboriginal Cultural Property Repatriation Act   and the Mainland. One in particular is the Ye'yumnuts village near Duncan, which is about to become a living indigenous history lesson. It is a 2.4 hectare meadow, which, in collaboration with Cowichan tribes, will be used as an open air classroom. They have found a lot of different tools

Aboriginal Cultural Property Repatriation Act   distinguished member for St. John's East, who has not only helped me to ensure the bill gets through in the appropriate time, but who will also speak to it again tonight. This private member's bill has taken me down a road I did not expect to go down when it was first adopted. Just a few