Mr. Douglas Fairbairn at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

November 26th, 2024 / 1:35 p.m.

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

Douglas Fairbairn

Certainly. This is actually intended to protect first nations. If a first nation governing body acted in good faith and it was sued, the idea here is that the first nation governing body would be protected from lawsuits. It's really in the best interests of first nations. The goal of this is to protect them.

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