Dan Vandal at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On March 27th, 2018. See this statement in context.

March 27th, 2018 / 5:10 p.m.

Liberal

Dan Vandal Liberal Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, MB

Thank you very much, Grand Chief John, Craig, Marie-Claude, and Valerie. I appreciate your presentations. I appreciate as well all your hard work for many years on UNDRIP and getting it to this point, especially you, Grand Chief John.

I think it's been recognized by the sponsor and several people that UNDRIP does not create any new rights. The rights that we have are already in our Canadian Constitution, and they exist in this country.

Grand Chief, can you describe to me how UNDRIP provides clarity to the existing rights of indigenous peoples in Canada?

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