Jaime Battiste at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On October 19th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 19th, 2023 / 4:15 p.m.

Liberal

Jaime Battiste Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS

Thank you.

My question is for Keptin Augustine.

Stephen, you said that the Mi'kmaq treaties never ceded any land. There's a common misconception in Canada that all the first nations treaties signed land away. Can you tell us if that's true within the Mi'kmaq treaties?

Also, within three minutes, can you state for us how the Mi'kmaq were displaced from their land if they never ceded it?

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