Jamie Schmale at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On April 22nd, 2021. See this statement in context.

April 22nd, 2021 / noon

Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

Sure.

In clause 4, after “The purpose of this Act is to”, I'd like to strike “affirm the Declaration as a universal international human rights instrument with application in Canadian law” and replace it with “acknowledge the Declaration is as a universal human rights instrument containing valuable guidance for reform of federal law”.

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