Dr. Pamela D. Palmater at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On May 14th, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 14th, 2019 / 11:25 a.m.

Chair in Indigenous Governance, Department of Politics & Public Administration, Ryerson University, As an Individual

That's only for provincial law, and their law trumps only in the status of a federal law. It's not that the first nation.... They're talking about the first nations law, but keep in mind, this act talks about first nations laws as federal laws. It's not just provincial laws we have to worry about. It's also the Canadian Human Rights Act. It's also the charter. It's also section 35, in all the court cases. It's also the division of powers. It's also—

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