Mr. Douglas Fairbairn at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On June 12th, 2024. See this statement in context.

June 12th, 2024 / 5:35 p.m.

Senior Counsel, Legal Services, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Department of Indigenous Services, Department of Justice

Douglas Fairbairn

The idea is that the focus is on the first nations governing body. “First nations” may sometimes be used in the sense of the broader collective, the broader band. Rather than using the term “band”, it means first nations. The distinction would be that the governing body is essentially the council and the government, and the first nation is the collective of individuals making up the band.

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