Rachel Blaney at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On March 11th, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 11th, 2021 / 1:10 p.m.

NDP

Rachel Blaney NDP North Island—Powell River, BC

Thank you.

Romeo, the committee recently received a letter from the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, basically cautioning that Bill C-15 will have an effect of changing the definition of “indigenous persons” as defined in international law.

Can you speak to this important matter? Has the UN ever adopted a definition of “indigenous people”?

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