Mr. Martin Reiher at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On November 30th, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 30th, 2023 / 5:10 p.m.

Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Martin Reiher

Thank you.

The agreements as they stand include a non-derogation clause, and nothing in the agreements as they stand would impact the aboriginal rights of other indigenous groups. Similarly, the treaties will include a clause of that nature, and including a clause in the bill to the same effect would reinforce the message that nothing in the act affects the aboriginal rights of other groups, whether they are Métis or first nations or Inuit.

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