Jaime Battiste at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On November 23rd, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 23rd, 2023 / 4:30 p.m.

Liberal

Jaime Battiste Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS

Thank you for that.

I know those questions kind of blur the lines between section 35 rights and subsection 91(24) rights in Indian Act in a way that it was really tough to answer.

Chief, to the best of your reading of this legislation, does this legislation talk at all about any of those rights that people are saying are a pie that's going to be split, or is there any kind of discussion of those section 35 rights that have not been proven by the courts in various court cases?

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