Carolyn Bennett at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On February 28th, 2019. See this statement in context.

February 28th, 2019 / 10 a.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal Toronto—St. Paul's, ON

Thank you. That is a good question.

Communities prefer negotiation to paying a lot of money in legal fees to make their cases in court. Another fact is that negotiation means that more attention is paid to language, to healing and the rest, which is not possible to do in court. As things stand, it is preferable to provide money to the communities rather than getting involved in long legal processes.

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