Mr. Michael Schintz at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

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

December 14th, 2023 / 4:35 p.m.

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

Michael Schintz

I'm happy to do that.

The agreements are contracts. Those contracts commit us to negotiate treaties. The treaties will be implemented through these agreements. Those treaties will deal with certain law-making powers. The specific law-making powers that we commit to be negotiating in those treaties include the determination of citizenship, elections or leadership selection, internal administration and operations of the government, and the adjudication of violations of those specific law-making powers.

There's a process for amendment as well.

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