Mr. Michael Schintz at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On December 13th, 2023. See this statement in context.

December 13th, 2023 / 11:30 a.m.

Federal Negotiations Manager, Negotiations - Central, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

Michael Schintz

I think it's important to clarify. The agreements that you're referring to are not given effect through this legislation.

The concept is that the legislation would be a framework to give effect to those future self-government treaties that we've committed to negotiate. The agreements that were signed in February 2023 are binding as contracts.

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