Mr. Martin Reiher at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

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

November 30th, 2023 / 4:20 p.m.

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

Martin Reiher

Thank you.

We do that to ensure we are dealing with a rights-bearing collective.

The other thing I would add is the fact that the MNO, MNA and MN-S have been identified by Canada as a rights-bearing collective doesn't mean that there are no other rights-bearing collectives. It doesn't prevent any other group from pursuing their own achievement.

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