Romeo Saganash at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On April 23rd, 2018. See this statement in context.

April 23rd, 2018 / 4:05 p.m.

NDP

Romeo Saganash NDP Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC

Thank you, Madame Chair.

Thank you to both witnesses this afternoon. I'm the sponsor of this bill. I've also participated in the 23 years this process lasted, in terms of negotiations and drafting of the UN declaration. I can attest to a lot of the comments you've made or questions you've raised today.

I want to start with you, Thomas. Both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights talk about, in their first articles, the right to self-determination of peoples. Do you consider that right a human right?

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